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Clarke, Linda; Sahin-Dikmen, Melahat; Winch, Christopher – Oxford Review of Education, 2020
Vocational education and training (VET) can play a transformative role in reducing CO[subscript 2] emissions and improving the energy efficiency of buildings across Europe. Nearly zero energy building (NZEB) requires an energy literate workforce, with broader and deeper theoretical knowledge, higher technical and precision skills,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Climate, Climate Control
Sheppard, Tony – CELE Exchange, 2011
The Irish Department of Education and Skills (DoE) is strongly committed to energy efficiency and to reducing CO[subscript 2] by developing and implementing energy level ceilings in relation to school design that aim to remain below half of the accepted good practice in the field. This approach works within normal departmental budgetary limits to…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, Energy Conservation, Foreign Countries, School Buildings
Dolan, John – PEB Exchange, 2007
Since 1998, the Department of Education and Science has been using a process of design, awareness, research and technology known as DART to develop energy efficiency in educational buildings. Currently all primary schools built in accordance with the Department's primary schools technical guidance documents are capable of being up to 2.3 times…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, Energy Conservation, Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools
Heffernan, Martin – PEB Exchange, 2004
Out of a commitment to reducing carbon dioxide emissions, Ireland's Department of Education and Science has designed and constructed two low energy schools, in Tullamore, County Offaly, and Raheen, County Laois. With energy use in buildings responsible for approximately 55% of the CO[subscript 2] released into the atmosphere and a major…
Descriptors: Energy Conservation, Foreign Countries, Climate, Pollution