{"id":2642,"date":"2019-05-02T10:01:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T08:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interreg-hr-ba-me.eu\/2014\/"},"modified":"2019-08-06T16:51:09","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T14:51:09","slug":"smart-schools-solar-festival","status":"publish","type":"novost","link":"https:\/\/interreg-hr-ba-me.eu\/2014\/novost\/smart-schools-solar-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"SMART SCHOOLS\u2019 solar festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The SMART SCHOOLS project, committed to contribute to sustainable development in the cross-border area, has organized a festival to promote innovations developed within the project.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SMART SCHOOLS project aims to introduce energy efficient investments and renewable energy sources to public schools in the Brod-Posavina County in Croatia and Tuzla Canton in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The partnership\u2019s idea is to increase school capacities in the field of energy management and raise awareness on energy efficiency, especially among students and young innovators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attracting over 100 students, the Solar festival was held at Gymnasium \u017divinice in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 18 April 2019. Gymnasium \u017divinice was also one of the schools which participated and won a prize at the \u201eChange the habits \u2013 equip the school\u201c competition<\/a> on energy savings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Solar festival is a manifestation dedicated to promote SMART SCHOOLS\u2019s achievements, particularly the solar laboratory, photovoltaic system, students\u2019 exhibition on solar energy and innovations developed as part of the Youth Innovators’ Camp. This camp was held in Slavonski Brod and was attended by 20 young innovators from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, which jointly developed energy efficient prototypes. More information on the solar laboratory and photovoltaic system is available here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The festival was attended by representatives of the Government of Tuzla Canton, Brod Posavina County from Croatia, \u017divinice city, non-governmental organisations, local community, students and project partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I expect new generations enrolling this school to be more innovative, although we are very satisfied with the attitude of the Gymnasium towards renewable energy sources. To illustrate, we studied together for nine hours a day instead of planned six hours ” \u2013 said Ismet Salihovi\u0107, Head of the Department for Renewable Energy Sources in the Centre for Development and Support Tuzla, and educator for students at the Gymnasium \u017divinice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n