Europe`s focus on climate issues Summary of presentations

Høyanger vidaregåande skule
Summary of presentations
Europe’s focus on climate issues
- regional practices and solutions
a Comenius-project
at Høyanger vidaregåande skule
2010 - 2012
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INTRODUCTION
During the period of 2010 – 2012 Høyanger vidaregåande skule has taken part in the multilateral Comenius
project
Europe’s focus on climate issues – regional practices and solutions
in cooperation with upper secondary schools from 5 different European countries.
The project has been a great success and has had a wide range of effects.
We have generated new knowledge and attitudes within this crucial theme at the same time as we have seen
new friendship and mutual understanding develop between students and teachers involved.
This booklet is a summary of the presentations our pupils have prepared for the partnership meetings in Ronneby, Høyanger, Bilbao, Breukelen and Schaerding.
Høyanger, Norway
April 2012
Ottar Hjetland
headmaster
Iris H. Kopperud coordinator
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THE PROJECT
With this European project, we will develop an intercultural dialogue to study how the different regions of
Europe face the climate challenge.
An important aim of the project is to increase the
competence of students as well as teachers of the historic and socio-economic situation and thus to reduce
prejudice between the pertner countries and promote
cross-border integration among young people.
Another aim is to make science and technology studies
more attractive to students and provide information on
future careers in this “green” field and establish links
between schools and the outside world. Therefore,
students will visit new climate related industries and
attend relevant lectures and lessons in the respective
countries. As a result, they will be able to achieve a
better understanding of “green” industrial innovation
and entrepreneurship, educational opportunities as
well as classroom- culture in other countries.
In addition, the project will be important for teachers
in order to experience different teaching and learning theories and practices. Through this European
partnership, we will learn how the effects of climate
change might create new ways of life.
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This project is a result of a wish from the students of
the different schools (Austria, Norway, Sweden, The
Netherlands and Spain) in the partnership to learn and
study how different regions of Europe face the new
climate situation and to create a European dialogue
among young people on this issue.
The project will therefore be important in developing a
stronger student involvement in the related subjects.
The project will also be important in the planning of
studies and careers. Students will be introduced to
new aspects of science and work in Europe.This might
open up a new “green” labour market among young
people.
With this European cooperation, we will also have an
opportunity to improve our teaching methods and
practices because we will have to work in a foreign
language (English), and with new technologies and
realities very different from ours.
During two years students and teachers from five different countries will work together and all the results,
comments, events etc. will be published on the web
site: www.globalwarmingeffcts.eu
Namsos
Steinkjer
NORDTRONDELAG
Trondheim
Molde
Alesund
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ROMSDAL
Høyanger Upper Secondary School is situated in the
western part of Norway, along the Sognefjord, a 3
hour’s drive from Bergen, the second largest town in
Norway
SORTRONDELAG
Andalsnes
SOGN OG
FJORDANE
Floro
Høyanger
OPPLAND
Gudvagen Lillehammar
HORDALAND
BUSKERUD
AKERSHUS
OSLO
Drammen
Høyanger is the administrative centre of the municipality of Høyanger and has around 2000 inhabitants.
Beautifully surrounded by high mountains and the
HEDMARK
Hamar
Bergen
Haugesund
Stavanger
ROGALAND
Egersund
VESTAGDER
TELEMARK
Skien
AUSTAGDER
Oslo
Moss
OSTFOLD
Tonsberg
VESTFOLD
Arendal
Kristiansand
relevant and interesting to our students. As we are
part of a society dependent on hydroelectric power
production and export industry, international engagement and cooperation is natural to us.
world’s longest fjord, Høyanger can offer excellent
opportunities for winter sports, fishing, hunting and
outdoor life.
Hydro Aluminium is the most important industry in
Høyanger, however, people in the area also work in
fish farming, agriculture, public service and smallscale industries.
Høyanger Upper Secondary school has 36 teachers and
200 students aged 16 – 19 in the following branches of
study:
General Academic studies, Arts, Crafts and Design,
Health and Social Care, Electrical Trades, Hairdressing,
Engineering and mechanical trades, Nursing Auxiliary.
In addition we will normally have some groups of
grown-up students.
Languages taught at the school are: English, Spanish,
French and German.
The school is situated in the centre of Høyanger and
is modern and well-equipped with a good library, a
digital language lab and four computer rooms as well
as a multi-media room. Nearby we have a sports hall
and a new indoor as well as outdoor swimming pool.
Høyanger Upper Secondary school has lately been
working successfully with self-evaluation and school
development.
The most important perspective in this work the three
last years has been to make school and curriculum
For more information: Iris Helene Kopperud, [email protected], www.hoyanger.vgs.no
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PARTNERSHIP MEETINGS AND PARTICIPANTS
Date
Host school and Town
Students and Teachers
18.01 – 22.01, 2011
Regionaal scholengemeenschap Broklede,
Breukelen/
The Netherlands
Martin Myklebust Rørvik
Sindre Høyvik Haugsbø
Martin Brant
Håvard Nesse Wiik
Vebjørn Moritsgård
Renate Nes Gangesgard
Martin Rasholm
Kjetil K.Nilsen
Teachers:
Magnar Wøien
Torill Thorbjørnsen
Gymnasieskolan Knut
Hahn,
Ronneby/
Sweden
Marie Fredriksen Grønvold
Anette Wangensteen
Sindre Ailo Holmen
Aleksander af Geijerstam
Leif Magne Folkestad
Sondre Sande Grønsberg
Teachers:
Ståle Walsvik
Jardar Trollebø
Iris H.Kopperud - coordinator
Bundesgymnasium,Bun
desrealgymnasium und
Bundesoberstufenrealgymnasium Schärding,
Schärding/
Austria
Martin Olav Husabø Frøyen
John Gerick Bårøy
Ole Christian Valdersstøen
Nestegjerde
Håvard Breidvik
Renate Nes Gangeskar
Frida Øyehaug
Åsa Gåsemyr Stedje
Linda England Mjellelid
Synne Katrin Larsen
Birgitte Flølo Systad
Teachers
Johnny Gangeskar
Iris H.Kopperud - coordinator
Ottar Hjetland - headmaster
Partnership
meeting
10.05 – 14.05, 2011
Partnership
meeting
04.10 – 8.10 2011
Partnership and
headmasters’ and
coordinators’
meeting
29.11 – 03.12, 2011
Partnership
meeting
24.04 – 28.04, 2012
Final parnership
meeting
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IES Botikazar Bhi,
Jostein Haukås-Eide
Bilbao/Basque country/ Ole-David Skarsbø Listou
Spain
Kim-Andre Christensen
Adam Pankowiecki
Sondre Sande Grønsberg
Norma Beatrize Sandoval
Munoz
Mari Wolff Nedberge
Astrid Johanne Hjetland
Eskeland
Anna Vattekar Sandvoll
Ingrid Ulvestad
Teachers:
Anders Ljungberg
Lana Kleive
Høyanger vidaregåande All class 1STA
skule
All class 2 ELA
Høyanger
Norway
Teachers:
Anders Ljungberg
Johnny Gangeskar
Lana Kleive
Jardar Trollebø
Vidar Nygaard
Kristin S Råsberg
Kjell Erik Olsen
Iris H Kopperud – coordinator
Ottar Hjetland - headmaster
ENERGY EFFICIENCY, HALOGEN OR LED?
Partnership meeting in Breukelen 2011
In our project we decide to look into problems connected with new lamp technology.
Our theory was that what you save on light-costs; you
have to spend on heat. Halogen produces heat. LEDlights don’t produce any heat.
One of our teachers suggested that we looked into
modern systems for electric lighting and tried to find
out which system was the most efficient.
We decided to build a small “house” with two compartments, one for halogen lamps and one for LED
lamps.
We installed instruments to measure temperature and
electricity consumption.
The data loggers recorded the temperature every hour
and the electricity consumption every 24 hours over a
period of 8 days.
For this project we needed sponsors, we managed to
get 8 sponsors. Without them the project would be
impossible.
We started our project with a trial period of four days.
After our trial period we started the main project. The
main project went over eight days. After four days,
we interchanged the different lamps between compartments, to ensure that our recording system was
flawless.
We also presented some pictures and graphs illustrating the house and the electricity consumption and
temperature for the two compartments.
We discovered that you don’t save energy when changing from halogen to LED when you have to compensate for the heat loss with more heating.
There is however some areas where there is a benefit
from changing to energy saving lighting, in areas
where you don’t need any heating, for example outdoor lighting, garage and in cold storages.
Participants from Høyanger Upper Secondary School
at partnership meeting in the Netherlands 18th – 22th
2011:
•
Håvard Nesse Wiik
•
Vebjørn Moritsgård
•
Renate Nes Gangeskar
•
Martin Raasholm
•
Kjetil K. Nilsen
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THE NETHERLANDS JANUARY 2011
Summary of the presentation
In our Comenius project, we worked with a presentation on two Norwegian companies, Nordic Power
Systems and the airline Norwegian.
To find information about Nordic Power Systems, we
called the company and they gave us some information. We also found information on the internet. Since
the industry had not been fully established yet, we
were not able to visit them to see how they worked
etc.
At the partnership meeting in Holland we presented
general information about the industry, the product
they are developing, and why it could help reduce
climate change.
While finding information about Norwegian, we used
the internet. One of our students was flying with the
airline, and he asked the employees if they would
help us collect information. They gave us a link to a
website, which provided a lot of helpful information.
During the presentation we explained how
Norwegian’s new policy towards protecting the environment, and what they do to become more climate
friendly.
A Norwegian Airplane
Nordic Power
Systems’ logo and
product
By Martin Brant, Sindre Haugsbø and Martin Rørvik
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THE COMENIUS PROJECT IN RONNEBY MAY 2011
Summary of the presentation
Comenius project in Ronneby May 2011
We started the project with sending letters to the
NGO’s asking them the questions we had prepared
for them. This was rather easy, we found their e-mail
addresses and sent one standard require. It took
some time before we got answers from all of them,
but after some extra requiring we got answers from
everybody. After this we worked with extracting
By Sindre Ailo
Holmen
ld, Annette
, Marie Grønvo
information from their websites to work into our presentation. Then we began processing the information
to our presentation of the NGO’s, we took the most
relevant to our disposition. After this we took the
most relevant words in the text and put the words in
our power-point. After all this were done, we practiced
quite a lot to present the work. When we found that
we were good enough to go, we were done.
artin Brant
M
Wangensteen,
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PARTNERSHIP MEETING IN RONNEBY MAY 2011
Different ways to save energy
In our project we decided to find out if we saved
energy by doing these tests:
1. Lowering the temperature at night from 24 °C to 16
°C.
2. Lowering the general temperature from 24 °C to 22
°C.
3. A combination of night temperature reduction and
general temperature reduction.
We used our previously built test house from the
Halogen vs. LED project in these tests. The test house
is divided into two identical compartments with two
electric radiators.
We installed instruments to measure temperature and
electricity consumption. The data loggers recorded the
temperature every hour and the electricity consumption every 24 hours in our test periods. We also mounted a night lowering module so the temperature could
automatically be reduced at night from 24 °C to 16 °C.
We always had in mind during the tests it could be
some influence in our tests, like bad enclosurest.
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We also presented some pictures and diagrams illustrating the house, the electricity consumption and
temperature for the two compartments.
The results
The result of the night reduction was that we saved
18,9% (2,95 kilowatt-hours).
The result of the overall temperature reduction was
that we saved 7,2% (0,55 kilowatt-hours).
Combination of night reduction and overall temperature reduction we saved 23,4% (6,34 kilowatt-hours.
It may seem like its little KWh to save, but we have
tested in a small house and the energy consumption
will be higher in a big house, but the saving in percent will be about the same.
Participants from Høyanger Upper Secondary School
at partnership meeting in Sweeden 10th -13th of May
2011:
• ● Aleksander af Geijerstam
• ● Sondre Sande Grønsberg
• ● Leif Magne Folkestad
HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER STATIONS
In our project we decided to have a look at small
hydro-electric powerstations. We wanted to know
more about that kind of powerstations, how many
houses they can supply with energy, and what kind of
potential there will be in the future.
We also interviewed our mayor, who told us about a
new powerstation that is under construction, about
the possibilities in the future, economical winnings,
the production of energy, and about the future of
small power plants in our county.
We have been at Måren Kraftverk to have a look at
our newest local powerstation, and have a “guided
tour” around at the powerstation. This tour was sponsored by BKK, Bergenhalvøens Kommunale Kraftverk.
money in hydroelectric power-plants and renew old
facilities, so we can get more power from the same
amount of waterfall
2ELA in Schärding October 2011
•
Håvard Breidvik
•
John Gerick Bårøy
•
Renate Nes Gangeskar
•
Martin Olav Husabø Frøyen
•
Ole Christian Valdersstøen Nestegjerde
We are hoping that our government will invest more
Us at 5-fingers
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EUROPE’S FOCUS ON CLIMATE ISSUES
Presentation in Schärding
Our presentation was about climate issues in Høyanger and Sogn og Fjordane, and what causes the
problems could have. We wanted to know more about
the climate in Sogn og Fjordane and Norway, and solutions for the issues.
We started reading some pamphlets about the climate
and climate issues in Høyanger and Sogn og Fjordane.
We read a lot about climate and climate issues, and
what we could do to solve them. One of the things
we found out was that increased amounts of CO2 in
the air causes a lot of problems in the invironment.
The average temperature will for example increase,
and that can again lead to melting of the glaciers and
the Artic ice. This will make the sea level rise, and
some countries, like Holland, will be affected by this
problem. But one thing we will notice in Norway is
that we will get more extreme weather, and that the
glaciers will decrease in size.
Sogn og Fjordande county has made two plans to
increase the knowledge about climate and climate
issues, and what we could do to solve the problems.
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We have to focus on how to reduce the amounts of
waste and the use of paper, and we have to walk
instead of using the car all the time. We also have to
spread this information to everybody so they know
what they have to do.
At last we read NVE’S(Norwegian Water Resources and
Energy Directorate) plan for landslide mapping. We
said something about different landslide types, and
what types that is most frequent in Sogn og Fjordane. We also gave some information about what we
could do to prevent people and houses from getting
destoyed by landslides.
We learned a lot, and everybody has a lot more knowledge about climate and climate changes now then
earlier.
1STA, In Schärding Oct-11
•
Birgitte Flølo Systad
•
Frida Øyehaug
•
Linda Mjellelid
•
Synne Katrin Larsen
•
Åsa Stedje
SOLAR PANEL ENERGY
Presented in Bilbao December 2011
In our project we have focused on solar panel-energy,
if it’s an efficient energy source or not. Our goal in
this project is to find out and test if it’s possible to
use solar panel energy in our homes for all illumination instead of the 230/400V AC supply.
In all our previous tests we have used a small test
house which is divided into 2 identical compartments.
We have of course also mounted a solar panel on top
of the roof on our test house. In one of the compartments all electrical sources like lamps is LED and it’s
driven by the solar panel which is 12V. In the other
compartment the electrical sources is driven by the
230V/400V AC supply and the light bulbs are Halogen.
The reason why we have two compartments is that we
can compare the energy consumption for the illumina-
tion for 230/400V vs. 12V solar panel energy.
Our conclusion/result is: If you replace all your illumination in your house with the energy the solar panel
produces, you will in a normal house on average save
1000 euros a year.
Participants from Høyanger Upper Secondary School at
partnership meeting in Bilbao:
• Sondre Sande Grønsberg
• Thinesh Mahendralingam
• Jostein Haukås-Eide
• Adam Pankowiecki
• Ole David S. Listou
• Kim André Christensen
Our test house
Electrical components
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OSMOTIC POWER
From the partnership in Bilbao, December 2011
In our project we have focused on osmotic power.
When freshwater meets salt water, it gets channelled
into separate chambers with different concentrations.
This process is called osmosis.
Osmosis is the movement of water from a less concentrated solution to a more concentrated solution.
Fresh water goes through a membrane, and the membrane lets some substances pass through. Some fresh
water gets through, and the remaining water gets
separated out into the sea, while the chamber gets filled up with new fresh water. What happens is that the
water level rises 120 meters, and this pressure is used
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in a turbine to make electricity.
The electricity from this process can be used to give
electrical power to more than 30 000 households.
Osmotic power is an environment-friendly energy
source. It is CO2-free. The first osmotic power plant
was opened in 2009 by the Norwegian crown princess,
Mette Marit. Despite this, osmotic power will not be in
use before the technology is fully developed.
Group: Ingrid Bjørnsen Ulvestad, Anna Vattekar Sandvoll, Norma Beatriz S. Munoz, Astrid Johanne Eskeland,
Mari Wolff Nedberge
FOAM BOARD INSULATION
Presentation in Balestrand, April 2012
In this last project, we wanted to find out how energyefficient it is to add some extra insulation to a house.
The project lasted for about 2 weeks.
What we did was to add a single layer of 50mm thick
foam board insulation to the outside of our test
house. Together with extra insulation the oven was
set at night and general temperature reduction, and
we used solar panel with battery to power the LEDspotlight inside and the outside lighting.
In the other compartment there was no kind of energy
efficient equipment, just standard halogen spotlights
and outdoor lamps.
The experiment started Friday 2nd of March, and ended Monday 19th of March.
In our previous experiments, we have managed to
save 23% energy with nighttime and general temperature reduction, LED spotlight and outdoor lighting
powered by a solar panel.
This experiment was done in Høyanger, Norway.
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07.30: Departure from Høyanger (Meet at school!)
Saturday
28th
You have free tickets to go swimming in Høyangerbadet
08.30
Meet at the auditorium at school
Presentation Normann Kjærvik (Statkraft); Electric power
plant – history of technology and environmental issues.
Seminar in Balestrand with students presentations and
invited guests.
(see schedule)
09.30-15.00
08.15
Meet at school. The bus will leave for Balestrand at 08.30
-Welcome by headmaster Ottar Hjetland
(auditorium)
-Students from 2ELA will give a presentation of Norway and
Høyanger
-practical information (Iris)
-walk around the school with host students
08.30 – 11.00
Meet at school
Activities
19.35
Arrival Nordeide by boat. Host will meet you at the quay
Friday
27th
Thursday
26th
Wednesday
25th
Tuesday
24th
Movie in Høyanger
kino +
Pizza at the youth
club
(sponsored by
Høyanger
municipality)
19.00
18.00
Bandy tournament
in Høyangerhallen
Dinner
19.30
11.00 Trip around Bergen before going to Flesland airport
16.00
Meet at school – bus to Norevikane for Barbeque party
(sponsored by Statkraft)
The bus will
return from
Balestrand to
Høyanger
Visit the Sognefjord
aquarium in
Balestrand
11.00
Mountain trip + visit
a power plant
NB: fitted shoes!
16.00
After, the
students will walk
their visitors
through Høyanger
14.00
Visit the mayor
Petter Sortland at
town council
15.00-16.00
Coordinators
meeting
Visit classes at
Høyanger
vidaregåande
(see schedule)
11.30 – 13.45
Teachers:
20.00
Dinner at Øren
hotel
19.30
Dinner at
Høyanger hotel
COMENIUS
Visit in Høyanger 24th – 28th of April 2012
PROGRAM FOR THE FINAL SEMINAR
at Kviknes Hotel, Balestrand
for the multilateral Comenius project “Europe´s focus on climate issues – regional practices and solutions”
Thursday 26.04 2012
09:30
09:35
09:50
10.15
10:45
12:00
13:30
14.15
14.30
Welcome by headmaster Ottar Hjetland.
Songs from Ingrid Ulvestad/ Anna Sandvold
Seminar opening speech by Chairman of the county assembly Åshild Kjelsnes
Climate issues; The new national climate report – goals and means by Erling Sande, Stortingsrepresentant/MP,Chair of the standing Committee on Energy and the Environment (NB: might be cancelled)
Sustainable growth or sustainable development – what should be the path for future development in
energy use by Carlo Aall, Vestlandsforskning
Presentations of students projects: The Netherlands, Basque country/Spain
Guided tour at the hotel with owner Sigurd Kvikne. Lunch in the hotel restaurant (also possible to
visit the hotel garden or take a walk in Balestrand)
Presentations of students project : Austria, Sweden, Norway
Summary/comments at the end of project
The importance of international projects in Upper secondary school by Roger Kløvtvet, coordinator of
international affairs in Sogn og Fjordane county
After the seminar we will visit the Sognefjord Aqua museum
Kviknes Hotel
PO. BOX 24
6898 Balestrand
Phone: +47 57 69 42 00
www.kviknes.no
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QESTIONNAIRE
for students involved in the Comenius partnership project: Europe’s
focus on climate issues – regional practices and solutions
Please mark with X how this project has affected your:
Høyanger vidaregåande skule
1. Knowledge of :
-Regional solutions to climate change
-New climate related industries
-Green industrial entrepreneurship
-Partnership countries
-English
-Information technology
-New career possibilities improved
improved
improved
improved
improved
improved
improved
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15
20
17
19
10
7
unchanged
unchanged
unchanged
unchanged
unchanged
unchanged
unchanged
1
5
5
3
2
10
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2. Consciousness of:
-Climate change -Climate friendly solutions and practices
-Cultural differences and similarities in Europe
improved 16
improved 16
improved 17
unchanged 5
unchanged 4
unchanged 2
3. How has communication/dialogue among partnership students been conducted?:
-Personal mails
-Facebook/Twitter
-Conversation during partnership meetings
-Use of website
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yes
yes
yes
yes
16
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17 4
no
no
no
no
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Notes:
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www.globalwarmingeffects.eu - © Høyanger Upper Secondary School 2012 - web: hoyanger.vgs.no