Fuelling the Future: Sustainable energy approaches for sustainable communities

推动未来：可持续社区的可持续能源方法

• 批准号: EP/G063184/1
• 负责人: Robert Ormerod
• 金额: $ 9.96万
• 依托单位: Keele University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2010 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FG063184%2F1
• 关键词: Fuelling; Future; Sustainable; energy; approaches

One of the most critical issues to current debates on tackling climate change is the way that our energy needs can be met in the future. Renewable and clean energy technologies are part of the answer, along with wider strategies regarding improved energy utilisation and conservation and improved energy efficiency. However, due to the rapidly advancing science of renewable and clean (sustainable) energy technology the wider public remains uncertain, sceptical and ill-informed of the real application and potential of these technologies to their everyday lives and communities, and the essential role of improved energy utilisation and conservation and improved energy efficiency. This is particularly true for groups from traditionally harder to reach socially and educationally disadvantaged backgrounds who face the greatest barriers to engagement with these issues. Using a strong partnership approach, this project will enable active researchers in the field of clean technology to stimulate the public's interest in sustainable energy approaches and help the wider public realise the huge importance and relevance of this area of science to their own communities.The project will adopt three complimentary communication strands: (1) 'green' roadshow events for the wider public; (2) workshops for local community groups; (3) workshops with schools (both primary and secondary) and education groups and school-based public events. These activities will focus particularly on harder to reach socially and educationally disadvantaged communities within the North Staffordshire and surrounding area. This project is supported by strong project partnerships including partners with expertise in working with socially and educationally-disadvantaged communities particularly in the regeneration of sustainable communities; partners with facilities and expertise in information, design and implementation of renewable technologies within socially and educationally-disadvantaged communities and partners with considerable expertise in working with the wider public (including schools) in the communication of climate change and sustainable solutions. In addition, the project team has extensive experience of working with primary and secondary schoolchildren and schoolteachers and educational groups in the provision of workshops on sustainable energy approaches and climate change.Genuine and effective dialogue between the project team, project partners and participant representatives will be achieved through discussion groups set up between the project team, project partners and participant representatives, in addition to the workshops run as part of the project. This will ensure effective dialogue on the aspects of sustainable energy approaches of greatest importance to the wider public while helping to generate real attitudinal and behavioural change towards establishing more sustainable communities in the socially and educationally deprived areas with which the project works.

目前关于应对气候变化的辩论中最关键的问题之一是如何满足我们未来的能源需求。可再生能源和清洁能源技术是解决办法的一部分，沿着的还有关于改进能源利用和节约以及提高能源效率的更广泛的战略。然而，由于可再生能源和清洁（可持续）能源技术科学的迅速发展，广大公众对这些技术在日常生活和社区中的真实的应用和潜力以及改善能源利用和节约以及提高能源效率的重要作用仍然不确定、怀疑和不了解。对于那些传统上难以接触到社会和教育弱势背景的群体来说尤其如此，他们在参与这些问题时面临最大的障碍。本计划透过紧密的伙伴关系，鼓励清洁科技的研究人员，提高公众对可持续能源的兴趣，并协助公众认识到这一科学领域对他们的社区的重要性和相关性。本计划将采用三个相辅相成的交流渠道：（1）为公众举办“绿色”路演活动;（2）为社区团体举办工作坊;（3）与中小学和教育团体举办工作坊，以及举办校本公众活动。这些活动将特别侧重于北斯塔福德郡及周边地区较难接触到的社会和教育处境不利的社区。该项目得到了强有力的项目伙伴关系的支持，包括在与社会和教育处境不利的社区合作方面具有专门知识的伙伴，特别是在可持续社区的再生方面;拥有信息设施和专业知识的合作伙伴，在社会和教育方面处于不利地位的社区以及在与更广泛的公众合作方面具有相当专业知识的合作伙伴中设计和实施可再生技术（包括学校）在气候变化和可持续解决方案的沟通中发挥作用。此外，项目小组在与中小学学生、教师和教育团体合作举办可持续能源方法和气候变化讲习班方面拥有丰富的经验，将通过在项目小组、项目伙伴和参与者代表之间设立讨论小组，实现项目小组、项目伙伴和参与者代表之间真正有效的对话，除了作为该项目一部分举办的讲习班之外。这将确保就可持续能源办法中对广大公众最重要的方面进行有效对话，同时帮助在该项目所涉及的社会和教育条件差的地区建立更可持续的社区，促成真实的态度和行为改变。