Vocational College from Coesfeld wins the Energy Saver title of North Rhine-Westphalia – chance of winning the federal award in 2020

• Pictorius Vocational College Coesfeld wins the national competition
• Online voting on best school project in Germany on energiesparmeister.de
• Award ceremony at the Federal Environment Ministry in Berlin on 18 September

Berlin - The Pictorius Vocational College Coesfeld has convinced the jury with its climate protection project and wins the energy saver state title in North Rhine-Westphalia. (energiesparmeister.de).

The professional approach to wind energy at the Pictorius Vocational College Coesfeld has raised the awareness of students for renewable energies. Within the framework of the Education for Sustainable Development (GNI), the wind installation project "Pictorius Windkraft" is one of the lighthouse projects of the school and in the region.
This year, a total of 319 schools applied for the competition commissioned by the Federal Ministry for the Environment. The commitment of the Vocational College will be rewarded with 2,500 euros, a project sponsorship with ENGIE Deutschland and the chance to win the federal prize with a further 2,500 euros.

Online vote on the best German climate protection project
In the competition for the national victory, the Pictorius Vocational College Coesfeld competes against the fifteen other state winners. Who will become "Energy Saver Champion Gold" will be decided by an online vote held until September 14, 2020 at energiesparmeister.de/voting.

Sponsors help state winners compete for the national title
The sponsors support their energy saver champion with public relations and online voting for the national winner. ENGIE Deutschland will sponsor the students from Coesfeld: "The Landart installation of the inter-school project "Pictorius Windkraft" offers young people the opportunity to explore the technology and design of our environment," says Manfred Schmitz, CEO of ENGIE Deutschland. "The climate campaigners are always developing new artfully designed wind turbines and delighting their audiences with them. We congratulate on the highly deserved award."

Award ceremony in September in Berlin
The school competition participants will find out which project has been most successful in collecting votes and will become the national winner at the awards ceremony on September 18, 2020. Due to the corona pandemic, the award ceremony will take place this year as an online event. Svenja Schulze, the Federal Minister for the Environment, is the patron of the Energy Saver Contest.

Quelle: energiesparmeister.de

About the Energy Saver Competition
The "Mein Klimaschutz" campaign on behalf of the Federal Ministry of the Environment supports the Energy Saver Competition. The school competition has been organized by co2online for twelve years. Every year, prizes worth a total of 50,000 euros are awarded to committed students and teachers.

About "Mein Klimaschutz" and co2online
"Mein Klimaschutz" (meine-klimaschutz.de) is a co2online campaign on behalf of the Federal Ministry for the Environment. It motivates consumers to permanently reduce their own CO₂ footprint. 
The non-profit consulting company co2online (co2online.de) is committed to reducing climate-damaging CO₂ emissions. Since 2003, the energy and communication experts have been helping private households to reduce their electricity and heating energy consumption. co2online is supported by the European Commission, the Federal Ministry for the Environment and partners from the media, science and industry.

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