In the light of the difficult climate and energy politics (United Nations Climate Change Conference, climate change, CO2-problem), the project “load easy-drive clean” addresses solutions to alternative energy generation, power consumption, energy storage and climate friendly energy consumption.In this project the biggest challenges created through the climate change are addressed to by five European vocational schools. The schools take their regional circumstances into consideration and work towards finding a solution. The goal is the development of a bicycle rack that uses the concept of induction to charge E-Bikes using power from renewable sources. The bike rack serves as an example to provide a technical answer to the usage of renewable energies.pupils from Belgium, Germany, Iceland, Norway and the Czech Republic are taking part in this project. They are answering questions concerning nature conservation as well as energy and climate politics. They are develop technical solutions for the usage of renewable energy and document the results throughout the process. Through the project the pupils will be qualify for a responsible shaping of the environment. Over the course of two years the pupils will work on the settled topics in their lessons. The interim results will be presented and improved on during the project meetings. The project topic's homepage, information brochure and E-Bike charging station/bicycle rack will be presented to representatives of local politics and any interested members of the public during the final project meeting (international class). During the project meetings the pupils and the teachers take part in field trips and factory tours of local companies etc. to inform themselves about the regional conditions of power generation and the local possibilities for renewable energy generation.In addition to the technical insight and the improved occupational qualifications the pupils gain the possibility to advance their cultural and language competencies. Through the international exchange the pupils learn about other European cultures and experience the European way of thinking from first hand. Climate change is an international problem and as such needs international solutions. The exemplary handling of the problem at hand in the European context enables the pupils to understand its complexity, whilst getting to know regional differences and developing potential solutions.
CONTEXT / BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT The project "Load easy-drive clean", later renamed to "easy charging - green driving", was a great success. The project qualified the learners for a sustainable and responsible design of the environment. As part of the lesson, the students worked on the agreed project themes. OBJECTIVE: The goal was to inductively charge e-bikes with the help of regenerative energies and to create a booklet that shows the energy production in the involved partner countries as well as to create a project homepage. NUMBER AND PROFILE OF PARTICIPATING FACILITIES In addition to the technical schools of the Steinfurt district, four schools participated in the project. The Provinciale Secundaire School Bilzen is located in Limburg, the most eastern region of Flandern. The school has around 380 students and 55 employees. It is divided into 5 departments: mechanics (engineering), welding, electrical engineering, sales and technical trade (vocational training). Pupils start their education at the age of 12 and after 6 years of training, they complete the upper secondary education. The Stord vidaregåande skule from Norway is an upper secondary vocational school and situated on the south-western coast of Norway, between Stavanger and Bergen. About 800 students attend this school, which has about 180 employees and is divided into three branches of education (preparation for high school, vocational training and adult education). The students who participated in the project come from the field of construction and design engineering, electrical engineering as well as from the area of technical competence or industrial production. The third partner, the Stredni skola prumyslova, hotelova a zdravotnicka in Uherske Hradiste is in the southeast of the Czech Republic. 900 students are trained here, 281 have a technical focus. Educational opportunities include nursing, hotel and tourism, as well as project engineering relevant to the project, with a focus on 3D printing. The fourth partner school (with attached boarding school) is located in northwest Iceland. The Fjolbrautaskoli Nordurlands Vestra is attended by 400 students who can graduate at the university. Furthermore, this school offers training in the industrial sector, marine technology and nursing. The equipment (milling machines) is very good. DESCRIPTION OF THE MAIN ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT At the individual project meetings, the interim results were presented and optimized. The products „Homepage", "Information brochure" and "E-Bike Charging Station / Bicycle Stands" were presented to the interested public and the representatives of local politics at the final project meeting. Between the individual project meetings, the students worked on the self-set goals of the meetings (to-do list) and also kept in contact between the international meetings. ACHIEVED GOALS AND EFFECT At the final presentation the students presented their results at the technical schools in the district of Steinfurt. For this purpose, the learners have weighed up various possibilities of regenerative energy production and opted for the optimal form of energy. They have learned to report competently on climate change and have compared national aspirations in each partner country, weighed up and reflected on the basis of regional events. The Belgian students dismantled parts of their permanently installed e-bike charging station in Belgium and brought them to Steinfurt. This included the wind power and PV systems as well as the electrical installation. Due to the limited transport possibilities in the aircraft, the Norwegians and Icelanders had to limit themselves to documenting the results in the form of pictures. In addition to the image documentation, the students from the Czech Republic also brought various 3-pressure models for a charging station, which will be installed this year. The students of the automation technology training program from Germany showed their self-designed mobile trailer, which regeneratively charges up to three e-bikes. Learners in the field of design technology have developed and created a professional brochure, a flyer, rollups and much more. In addition, a very informative website (http://ecgd.tssteinfurt.de) was put online, which documents the course and the completion of the entire project with texts and images. Also the Facebook page of the project "erasmus + 2016-2018" was created and "E-twinning" used.