To start the project, around 500 students and 50 teachers took part in a pioneering
event to calculate the CO2 emissions generated by Cuatrovientos , in a collaborative and
simultaneous way.
To do this, we had the collaboration of the technician Mikel Baztan, a climate expert,
and the support of the Regional Councillor for the Environment and the Director of
Vocational Training of the Government of Navarre.
With the emission data provided, the pupils organised the calculation by scopes 1, 2 and
3 and together, they thought of reduction measures to face the challenge of becoming a
neutral organization.
This event was supported by the greeting video from the European partners.
The result of this workshop was presented in a digital
magazine
Solar panels installation. CO2 reduction
CUATROVIENTOS
As a mitigation action, Cuatrovientos committed to install photovoltaic panels on its
roof: seventy modules with a financial investment of 30012,84€ and an estimated payback
period of around 9 years. Since the installation, an avarage of 30% reduction in
consumption has been achieved.
With the self-production and self-consumption of electricity, Cuatrovientos will manage
to reduce its carbon footprint and carry out its activity in a more sustainable way,
taking a step towards the organisation's Corporate Social Responsibility. The
installation has the same environmental effect as the planting of 1282 trees in a year.
Tree Plantation. CO2 Compensation
CUATROVIENTOS
Cuatrovientos signed a green agreement with the local Council of Berriozar . Two hundred
trees and bushes were planted on land provided by the council by a group of students and
teachers. The commitment is to repeat the initiative every year in order to compensate
the school's carbon dioxide emissions that cannot be reduced and contribute to the
positive consequences of the carbon sequestration over the years.
In support of this activity, the teachers of Cuatrovientos made a replica of the tree
plantation in the school garden.
App to calculate "digital emissions"
CUATROVIENTOS
Are our internet habits as clean as we think?
The students of the 1st year of Microcomputer Systems and Networks have developed an
application to calculate the CO2 emissions resulting from the use we make of the Internet in Cuatrovientos. We then asked students
and teachers to
download the app and think about the amount of emails, internet searches, youtube videos and whatsapp messages sent during a school day.
The result was in many cases surprising and showed an equivalence with the number of trees we need to offset those emissions.
Digital emissions in Cuatrovientos: 18 t CO2 equ.
1st Agenda Cuatrovientos 2030
CUATROVIENTOS
Which kind of school do we want for 2030?
We bring the Sustainable Development Goals to students and teachers to design the first agenda in the field of sustainability. We want to design a roadmap for the coming years. We have chosen 4 SDGs (Health, Education, Equity and Climate Action) and asked what actions we want to take in the coming years. Click here to see our commitments.
Lavender Project. Circular Economy
CUATROVIENTOS
Special needs students have worked on picking the organic material from Cuatrovientos, recycling and composting it, growing aromatic herbs in our garden to finally making lavender soap. Teachers have been given this gift as a present.
Sustainability through glass bottles
HTL WOLFSBERG
Sustainability is an essential part when it comes to CO2 savings. A big problem
are plastic bottles and plastic cups, as they pollute our environment due to the
microplastics and the high CO2 emissions during the production process.
Another problem is that plastic bottles and cups are not reusable.
Carpooling – a way of CO2 reduction
HTL WOLFSBERG
As part of the Erasmus+ project "CF Training in VET Schools", the CO2 consumption of the
Higher College for Engineering Wolfsberg was calculated. The result was surprising for
everyone, since more than 2/3 of the annual 850 tons of CO2 emissions result from
mobility.
Mobility - trips to and from school - is therefore also the greatest opportunity for the
school community to significantly reduce CO2 emissions.
A good way to reduce trips, especially in the Wolfsberg area, is carpooling. Talks are
currently underway with KINTO, a Toyota organization, regarding a carpooling app for the
school. There have now been 2 online meetings in which representatives of the Higher
College of Engineering Wolfsberg were informed about the KINTO Join Corporate carpooling
system.
Logo Contest
HTL WOLFSBERG
We students at the Higher College for Engineering Wolfsberg have designed a project logo
for the Erasmus+ project “CF Training in VET”, in which 4 different school partners are
working together. Since the partner school from Spain did not have a project logo for
the home page yet, the Higher College for Engineering Wolfsberg (Austria) decided to
organize a school competition for the carbon footprint logo. The competition took part
in February 2022 and a total of 5 classes, with approximately 100 students, participated
in it. In total 56 logos were submitted by the students. The project partners Spain,
Italy, Sweden, and Austria then agreed on the best 2 logos. One of them will be
published by the Spanish school on the project’s website.
Below you can see a photo of the two groups winning the competition and Ms. Moll and Mr.
Allesch presenting the winners with a certificate and some prices!
FIRST:green
HTL WOLFSBERG
The Higher College for Engineering Wolfsberg (HTL Wolfsberg) has been working on reducing
their carbon footprint since 2019. To support these activities, HTL Wolfsberg this year is
participating in a network programme hosted by the KWF, the Carinthian economic development
funds together with 16 regional companies. With the help of the network and well-known
experts, the goal is to identify relevant fields of action and develop an individual
strategic roadmap to climate neutrality. Initially, as most relevant topics calculation and
reporting of carbon indicators, energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy, mobility,
the use of low carbon materials and recycling were identified. The workshops are hosted by
participating companies, who also present their relevant activities. In this context,
HTL Wolfsberg has shared their experiences in data collection, calculating the Carbon
footprint, and the measures which are currently done to reduce the impact of mobility of
students and teachers and the planned installation of a photovoltaic plant with the other
enterprises.
CO2 Calculator for Schools
HTL WOLFSBERG
The Higher College for Engineering Wolfsberg (HTL Wolfsberg) has been very interested in
reducing their carbon footprint since 2019. The school, who is currently taking part in the
Erasmus+ project “CF Training in VET”, has therefore calculated their carbon footprint twice
already. Now Austria’s Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Research has shared a
carbon
footprint calculator for schools, which enables schools to not only calculate their footprint
easily, but also to have a basis for comparison with other schools.
For this reason, the Higher College for Engineering Wolfsberg has decided to recalculate their
carbon footprint for the year 2022. As mobility, mainly travelling to and from school, is one
of the biggest factors in the school’s CO2 emissions, we decided on a new survey to gather
mobility data amongst our students, teachers, and administrative staff. The students filled
out the survey in class and Prof. Allesch evaluated and used the gathered data in the new carbon
footprint calculator.
Our Matura Projects
MAX VALIER
The Eurasmus+ project was the incentive for our Matura project. Based on the interesting data we got from
the calculation of CO2 emissions, we decided to further explore the topic and go a few steps further.
We brought other schools and some companies on board to get a local comparison and make improvements.
Some students of TFO Max Valier met with other schools in Bolzano with the similar reality (number of
students, origin students) and together to measure the CO2 footprint of the school.
A number of meetings were organised with companies to address individual issues related to CO2 reduction:
Klimaland Südtirol for information on insulation of school buildings and climate audit at our school,
Alperia Bartucci for electricity supply and future supply of green energy, and STA for new concepts
of mobility in South Tyrol
The project was accompanied by our subject teacher Prof. Florian Morandell
Carbon Footprint App
MAX VALIER
Our project aims to provide an easier solution for calculating the carbon footprint of a school. This is allowed
by a user friendly and simple app for your smartphone and a website. To calculate the carbon footprint, you can
simply create a new calculation and add the modules you want to have in it. Sharing the results is also possible
by exporting the calculation itself or exporting a PDF with the diagrams.
Carbon Footprint Calculator
MAX VALIER
Our Carbon Footprint Calculator
has been developed by a team of CS students at the technical high-school "Max Valier", Bolzano/Bozen.
In comparison to conventional CO2-calculators it fits the needs of educational institutes. First, a
simple form allows the input of the oil, gas and electricity consumption per year. These may be changed
later at any time. Next, the user gets a sound footprint calculation since country-specific energy cost
factors are provided built-in. Informative pie charts help to understand it even better.
The calculator may be used on any kind of device and exploits device's local storage for data elaboration.
Hence, data transfer between different devices currently needs manual import/export operations.
Further extensions include usability features with better documentation and an optional cloud-based data
share.
Meeting with consultant
CENIFER
Advice meeting with consultant Natalia Conejo about the way to identify the measurable
factors of scope 3, and data taking to be included in the calculator of the Ecological
Transition Ministry where scopes 1 and 2 are considered.
Educational Activity
CENIFER
We compiled information on the mobility of the entire educational community with the help of Special Needs
students. They used a QR code so all the students could access the questionnaire to obtain the data.
After the corresponding analysis we informed them of the results. You can see their opinions in the video.
Our CF calculation
CENIFER
We had a meeting with consultant Natalia Conejo about the way to identify the measurable factors of scope 3,
and data taken to be included in the calculator of the Ecological Transition Ministry where scopes 1 and 2
are considered. After that we gathered some data about main issues on SCOPE 3, we designed our Instagram
profile image and finally we presented the research in Bozen.
Meeting of the Sustainability Working Group of the VET NRCs
CENIFER
CENIFER, as The National Reference Centre for Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency has organized the
meeting of the Sustainability working group within its Work Action Plan, in which NRCs from all over
Spain have participated.
The General Director of Vocational Educational Training, Tomás Rodríguez Garraza, and the Director of the
Vocational Training Planning and Innovation Service, Esther Monterrubio Ariznabarreta, attended the event.
The aim of the session was to promote sustainability in the centres and underline their role in training for
ecological transformation, working on the strategic lines and methodologies to be applied for the
implementation of change.
Photovoltaic isolated installation for tool shed
CENIFER
Our special needs students in electrical assistance have completed the photovoltaic installation in the
tool shed that has been built in the back field by Technician Grade´s students in Networks and Water
Treatment Stations, providing it with lighting, solar powered.
They have placed the photovoltaic panels, the conduits and wiring of the installation, the regulator
connections, protections, fuses, battery, and other elements of the installation. They have even made
metal supports, for fixing the plates.
Solar panel installation and energy studies
GÖRANSSONSKA SKOLAN
In our mission of contributing to a greener planet, Göranssonska Skolan decided to install about 300 solar
panels on its roof. This new source of green energy has generated around 90,000 kWh a year, which covers
approximately 30% of the school’s annual electricity use. The solar cells were installed following a
project which is part of the school syllabus for first-year students.
The energy studies are also a substantial part of the second-year students’ syllabus. During the second
year, the students are involved in a transversal energy project that covers different subjects. Among the
different activities, there is an experiment in which the students calculate the resulted energy from the
use of small solar panels and compare it with the energy produced by the solar panels on the roof. This is
done by using statistical weather data. Alongside this, the students also deliver presentations about
different types of energy sources and their impact on the climate.
Sustainability at Göranssonska Skolan
GÖRANSSONSKA SKOLAN
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in 2015 play a big role in our school’s
educational objectives. The syllabus in all our courses must include any type of education which is connected to
the Global Goals -as they are also known.
Our students in Year-1 specifically take part in a project whose aim and content are based on the Global Goals.
Moreover, all the students in the school attend a course in energy and environmental studies. The course is compulsory,
since we believe such studies are key in their education. Lastly, as part of our involvement in a sustainable education,
the participation in the Erasmus project, CF Train in VET, together with four other European schools, enables all of
us to contribute to a reduction in the Carbon Footprint in a realistic way.
Göranssonska Skolan has twice been distinguished with the award “School for Sustainable Development” (years 2018 and 2021)
by the Swedish National Agency for Education; an award that must be renewed every three years.
Sandvik, the global high-tech engineering company, owns 91% of our school. Sandvik’s motto is We make the shift – advancing
the world through engineering. Sandvik strives to be a leading company by focusing on six strategic objectives, being
sustainability one of them. The sustainability shift focuses on attaining the long-term 2030 sustainable goals in the areas
of climate, circularity, people and fair-trade. Thus, Sandvik aims to reduce by half the CO2 impact. Our school naturally
follows Sandvik’s strategic objectives so that we can give our students the best sustainable education.
Internship and Sustainable Industry
GÖRANSSONSKA SKOLAN
In the school autumn term, Year-2 and Year-3 students have researched compliance with Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and
Infrastructure in their respective internship.
Year-2 has worked with how Goal 9 can be implemented in the modern industry: what the local environmental plans look like
as well as how the different sites implement Sandvik's and Alleima's Sustainability Goals 2030.
Year-3 has done the same but at an international scale. During their overseas internship, they have researched how their
respective sites are working with Sandvik's and Alleima's Sustainability Goals 2030, as well as how the local conditions for
environmental work differ in the different parts of the world.
