Events

On March 31st, the contest "Challenge for Energy Efficiency in Higher Education" will be launched at the conference "Green Campus - Platforms for Developing Best Practices on Energy Efficiency". The conference will take place at the Sala de Reuniões of Pavilhão Central of IST, Alameda Campus, and is being organized by the IST initiative in Energy in partnership with the MIT Portugal Program. The program includes a session about the MIT Portugal Program with presentations by students and faculty followed by a debate with the U.S. Under Secretary for Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Judith McHale, and the Portuguese Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Manuel Heitor. The following session, "Green Campus", will have as keynote speaker the Ambassador of the United States of America to Finland, who will speak about the initiative " League of Green Embassies" and good practices related to energy efficiency.

The contest "Green Campus – Challenge for Energy Efficiency in Higher Education" will be held through 2011-2012, and aims to involve students, faculty and staff in the sector of higher education to develop innovative energy efficiency measures (both technical and behavioral ), with an impact on reducing consumption in buildings of the participating institutions. These measures should be developed by multidisciplinary teams, which will quantify the cost of implementation and expected benefits, both in terms of reducing energy consumption and environmental impacts achieved. The proposed measures will be evaluated by a panel of experts in different areas. The best three teams ranked by jury will be awarded cash prizes, and honorable mentions will be given to teams proposing the best technical and behavioral measures.

The organization of the contest is an initiative of IN + (Center for Studies in Innovation, Technology and Policy Development), Selfenergy and Inteli with the support of the MIT Portugal Program, and is funded by ERSE (Regulatory Authority for Energy Services) under the scope of promoting efficiency in electricity consumption (PPEC 2011-2012).

See the Green Campus Program and sign up, until March 30th, with your name and affiliation to the following e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it