Events

 This will be the first of a series of briefing session that will happen across Portugal.

The contest “Green Campus - Challenge of Energy Efficiency in Higher Education”  aims to promote the dissemination and adoption of energy efficiency measures on the campuses of Portuguese universities and polytechnic institutions. Forty-four institutions have accepted the challenge, from north to south of mainland Portugal and the Azores. At the end of the contest, the three best teams as well as the best measurement technique and the best behavioral measure, will be awarded with cash prizes.

Insituto Superior Técnico has submitted for evaluation the South Tower of the Alameda Campus, and at this session, Professor Toste Azevedo will discuss the potential impact of this project on the building itself and the lives of everyone that uses it daily as a workspace.

The Challenge is directed to the entire higher education community. Multidisciplinary teams of students, teachers or employees may register at the website and choose their campus building for which they will suggest a set of measures that would increase its energy efficiency.  The team leader has to be affiliated with the organization to which the chosen building belongs to. Registrations will be open until November 30^th.

The challenge was developed by MIT Portugal and Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), through Centro de Investigação IN+, in partnership with SelfEnergy and INTELI – Inteligência em Inovação,and is directed to the network of Polytechnic and University organizations. GREEN CAMPUS is funded through the PPEC - Plan for Promoting Energy Efficiency in Electricity Consumption, an initiative promoted by ERSE - Energy Services Regulatory Authority.

Further information is available at the website: http://www.greencampusportugal.info

(the session will take place at "sala de reuniões do conselho científico")