It’s good for school to save energy!
After reconstruction of public facilities within the framework of BEEP World Bank project, second phase has been activated which imply measures of energy consumption and comfort level in renovated facilities before and after implementation of energy efficient measures. However, considering building savings, beside reconstruction measures, depends also on energy efficient behaviour of users, so project second phase includes motivating management and school employees take measures of rational energy consumption, to achieve energy savings predicted by reconstruction project.
For supporting process of encouragement and education for rational energy usage, with active engagement of facility users, BEEP started pilot project of comparison of energy efficient measurement within five selected schools, by creating science based methodology, to establish which project succeed to save maximum energy. Four primary and one high school from Federation B&H have been involved in this project, and have been part of first project faze: Primary School “Hašim Spahić” Ilijaš, Primary School “Zahid Baručija” Vogošća, Primary School “Musa Ćazim Ćatić” Zenica, High School Žepče and First Primary School Zavidovići, implemented within a two-and-a-half-month period.
With that motive, representatives of BEEP project visited schools and organized educational workshops for school representatives and teachers. Concept and methodology of saving energy measures has been presented there. During educational workshops, school management has been introduced with rational ways of energy consumption and measures which they will carry out to aspire abetment and maintenance constant temperature in school classrooms during long period of time. During workshop methodology presentation, project goal has been highlighted to maintenance thermal comfort in building. In practice That means to strive for ideal temperature od 21 degrees Celsius, is considered in domain of energy efficient as temperature of rational energy consumption.
With special elaborated methodology in all selected schools, monthly energy use for space heating will be calculated. Monthly heating calculated requirements and achieved savings will be compared every 15 days, and will last until the 15th of April this year. School which, in addressed period of measurement will achieve maximised energy savings estimated by elaborated methodology, will receive stimulation for continuation of work and endeavour – android mobile phone and thermal imaging camera for smartphone.
BEEP project is actually most involved energy efficient project ever in Bosnia and Herzegovina, because beside quality preparation activities, measures of before/after implemented energy efficient consumption, have been also working on education of school employees about rational energy consumption with usage of monitoring and evaluation. All activities for facilities beneficiaries should provide maximal usage of energy efficient measures, and finally save them money.