Boosting ENergy EFficiency mentalitY

<< Background >>Companies were starting to emphasize energy efficiency, mainly to improve costs and, consequently, competitiveness, but without sufficient knowledge among the members of theorganizations. On the other hand, at a particular level, there was always interest due to the cost of energy consumption for some individuals and families. In both cases, apart from this awareness, there is also a lack of knowledge about what we can do and what habits to follow. The BENEFY (Boosting Energy EFiciencY mentality) project consortium developed a variety of resources to promote not only awareness, but also to be able to create habits and that energy efficiency is always at the decision making level. In this way, there will be an improvement in energy efficiency in homes and in the personal sphere on the one hand, but also in industry, offices and companies as students gradually enter the labour market. The objective of improving energy efficiency will provide us with the following benefits: - to reduce the European Union's dependence on external energy - to reduce CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. - to improve the quality of the air - to improve the competitiveness of companies.<< Objectives >>The objectives of the BENEFY (Boosting Energy EFiciencY mentality) strategic partnership were: - to develop skills in the field of energy efficiency that will help us to achieve the proposed objectives and the indicated benefits. These skills will be aimed at raising awareness at personal, office and industry levels. - to create a toolkit of innovative open educational resources (OER) (Open Educational Resource) on energy efficiency - to develop a learning platform that includes learning modules for teachers and their students - to promote innovative methodologies in the teaching of education and vocational training - to implement a repository that includes all the OERs used and all the participants' creations.<< Implementation >>During the life of the BENEFY project the following activities have been implemented: -Dissemination activities to disseminate the project. As part of these activities, a Facebook page has been created on which news has been published. The project has also been disseminated through the partners' social networks. Newsletters have been created every six months with news about the project. These newsletters have been included on the website in all the partners' languages, as well as on the social networks. A Multiplier Event has also been held in each partner country with at least 20 participants per partner. -BENEFY Pilots. The project pilots have been developed in all partner countries. Each partner has had the opportunity to implement the project results in their country and generate impact. The pilots have been carried out with both VET students (toolkit) and teachers (in-service training). Completion badges have been developed, so that every time a learner or teacher reached a milestone on the platform, they received a badge.<< Results >>The main results we achieved from the project are: - A created BENEFY (Boosting Energy EFiciencY mentality) Toolkit, collecting the necessary explanatory information,resources, activities and Open Educational Resources (OERs) that serve as useful educational resources for VET. - Aweb repository with an appropriate taxonomy in relation to energy efficiency, allowing both the insertion of new resourcesand their consultation. - Breakouts that help to consolidate the knowledge introduced in the classroom on energy andsustainability. - Interactive digital infographics with the necessary information on energy efficiency. - Flipbook of theBENEFY project. - An elearning platform for VET teachers that includes a series of energy efficiency learning modulesthat allow active participation in the learning process. - Providing badges to certify the acquisition of skills. - An interactiveonline platform geared towards students in VET centers. - Evaluations of the different steps being taken, as well as aGood Practices guide. - An official BENEFY project website that includes the objectives as well as all important projectinformation. In addition, newsletters and the Facebook page will be published on the website. - Newsletters created by each partner containing information on the progress of the project in the language of each country.