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Educational Resources

The Educational Resources section provides information on local Renewable Energy (RE)-related activities, local and overseas websites, and information relevant to school education to facilitate teachers and students to organize activities and obtain information on RE.

1. Local Educational Websites Relating to RE

(a) Education Path at Electrical & Mechanical Services Department Headquarters Building
Link: This link will open in a new windowThis web page has hyperlinks which may transfer you to third-party website.http://www.emsd.gov.hk/en/energy_efficiency/publicity_and_public_education/guided_tour_on_education_path/index.html

The Education Path at the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) Headquarters at Kowloon Bay is intended to

promote awareness of green building technologies and to introduce the works of EMSD that are closely related to daily life of people. It comprises 3 exhibition areas and a rooftop viewing gallery that offers a breathtaking view of an array of over 2,000 solar panels which altogether has a total area exceeding 3,000 m².

(b) Lamma Wind Power Station, the Hongkong Electric Co. Ltd.
Link: This link will open in a new windowThis web page has hyperlinks which may transfer you to third-party website.https://www.hkelectric.com/en/our-operations/lamma-wind-power-station

The 800 kW wind turbine at Lamma Island, constructed by the Hongkong Electric Co. Ltd. in late 2005 and put into service in early 2006, is the first commercial-scale wind turbine in Hong Kong.

The wind power station also includes an Exhibition Centre introducing the station as well as major types of RE and their applications in Hong Kong and other parts of the world.

(c) The Caritas Chan Chun Ha Field Studies Centre
Link: This link will open in a new windowThis web page has hyperlinks which may transfer you to third-party website.https://caritasfsc.edu.hk/en/

The Caritas Chan Chun Ha Field Studies Centre serves as an educational and resource centre to provide facilities and opportunities for students to know more about the environment and to learn the skills and techniques in field studies. The Centre is situated on a hilltop on the southern part of Cheung Chau. Field studies are organized by the Centre for participation by secondary schools.

The Centre obtained grants from the Quality Education Fund in 2004-2005 to set up two RE systems for educational purpose. The project aims at demonstrating the processes of generating electricity through RE and the application of RE. In addition, it provides students an opportunity to have a better understanding on the relationship between RE and sustainable development.

(d) Ho Koon Nature Education Cum Astronomical Centre
Link: This link will open in a new windowThis web page has hyperlinks which may transfer you to third-party website.http://www.hokoon.edu.hk/?lang=en

Ho Koon Nature Education Cum Astronomical Centre is another field study centre to provide environmental education and astronomy education for pre-school, primary and secondary students. In 2006, the Centre received funding from CLP Innovation Fund to establish an energy study centre to promote the applications of RE and energy efficiency. Photovoltaic and wind energy systems were installed in the Centre.

(e) EnergyLand, EMSD
Link: This link will open in a new windowThis web page has hyperlinks which may transfer you to third-party website.http://www.energyland.emsd.gov.hk

The EnergyLand is an interactive website providing information on basics of energy, on energy efficiency and on RE.

(f) The Energy Efficiency Education Kit for Secondary Schools
Link: This link will open in a new windowThis web page has hyperlinks which may transfer you to third-party website.https://www.emsd.gov.hk/en/about_us/public_education/education_kit/

The Electrical & Mechanical Safety and Energy Efficiency Education Kit for Secondary Schools aims at providing learning and teaching resources on topics of energy efficiency (including topic on Alternative Sources of Energy) for students and teachers in Hong Kong. The resources are designed for the Liberal Studies in New Senior Secondary Curriculum.

2. Overseas Educational Websites Relating to RE

(a) Education and Training on Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
Link: This link will open in a new windowThis web page has hyperlinks which may transfer you to third-party website.https://www.energy.gov/eere/education/education-homepage

This website provides links to educational and training resources on energy, particularly energy efficiency and RE. The website is targeted at teachers and parents, students, school administrators, and even homeowners and energy professionals. There are energy lesson plans, curriculum, and educational materials suitable for kindergarten to grade 12, and even higher education in the U.S.

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(b) Energy Kid's Page, Energy Information Administration, USA
Link: This link will open in a new windowThis web page has hyperlinks which may transfer you to third-party website.http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/

The website includes energy facts and basics, energy history, classroom projects, and games for kids.

(c) The Photographic Information Exchange, National RE Laboratory, USA
Link: This link will open in a new windowThis web page has hyperlinks which may transfer you to third-party website.http://www.nrel.gov/data/pix/

The Photographic Information Exchange is a collection of photographs related to RE and energy efficiency technologies and to the work of the National RE Laboratory (NREL). The website offers text search and visual search functions for photographs of different RE technologies. The low resolution photos can be downloaded from the site and used for lawful purposes (while crediting the photographer). Any commercial use must receive prior approval from NREL.

(d) GreenEnergy, National Energy Foundation, UK
Link: This link will open in a new windowThis web page has hyperlinks which may transfer you to third-party website.http://www.nef.org.uk/

The National Energy Foundation was set up in 1990 to help UK citizens address the problems related to global climate change through practical advice and help in installing energy saving measures and implementing appropriate RE sources. The GreenEnergy website of the National Energy Foundation provides information on RE technologies like wind, solar, hydropower, biomass and geothermal. It also gives basic energy advice to help people reduce their impact on the environment and save money at the same time

(e) Schools & Homes Energy Education Project, UK
Link: This link will open in a new windowThis web page has hyperlinks which may transfer you to third-party website.http://solar-active.com/

The Schools & Homes Energy Education Project offers to professionals in the field, educational establishments, community and environmental groups and the general public - RE educational resources, workshops and courses in energy efficiency and RE technologies.

(f) Solar Wonders, Florida Solar Energy Center
Link: This link will open in a new windowThis web page has hyperlinks which may transfer you to third-party website.http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/education/k-12/index.htm

This site contains a number of Powerpoint files developed by the Florida Solar Energy Center to help teachers give their students an awareness of the power of solar energy and to show its impact on their lives. The presentations provide an overview of the technologies, an understanding of their principles, and detailed case studies of the uses of solar energy.

(g) Introduction to Geothermal Energy Slide Show, Geothermal Education Office, USA
Link: This link will open in a new windowThis web page has hyperlinks which may transfer you to third-party website.http://geothermal.marin.org/GEOpresentation/

This site provides a slide show on the basics of geothermal energy.

3. Magazines and Newsletters

4. RE Research Centres in Hong Kong

Development of RE is in an early stage in Hong Kong and research on RE is being conducted in some of the local tertiary institutions. Due to the geographical and resource availability constraints, only a few types of renewable technologies are considered to be suitable for wider application in Hong Kong. Therefore the local new and RE research activities mainly focus on solar energy, wind energy, biodiesel and fuel cell technologies.

Centre for RE, the University of Hong Kong

The Centre for RE (CORE) is a focus research group within the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Hong Kong. Research on photovoltaic technology began in 1997 and the Centre has built up expertise in the research of photovoltaic technology and applications of BIPV in Hong Kong. CORE collaborates with other departments in HKU, other local universities and overseas institutes on various research areas.
Solar Energy Laboratory, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Link: This link will open in a new windowThis web page has hyperlinks which may transfer you to third-party website.http://www.bse.polyu.edu.hk/research/alt_energy/index.html
The Solar Energy Laboratory was set up by the RE Research Group in the Department of Building Services Engineering of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. It focuses on research and testing services of advanced solar energy products for the local industry and for the industry in the Guangdong Province.
Environmental Central Facility, Institute for the Environment, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Link: This link will open in a new windowThis web page has hyperlinks which may transfer you to third-party website.http://envf.ust.hk/
One of the projects of the Environmental Central Facility, Institute for the Environment, is to create an Integrated Assessment System for RE Resources, for integrated assessment of the quantity and quality of certain types of RE resources over Hong Kong and Guangdong.
Laboratory for Atmospheric Research, City University of Hong Kong
Link: This link will open in a new windowThis web page has hyperlinks which may transfer you to third-party website.http://weather.cityu.edu.hk/index.htm
In October 2006, the Hongkong Electric Clean Energy Fund announced funding for twelve RE projects, one of which is a "wave energy collector" to be built by the City University of Hong Kong.

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