The schools receive a cash prize, which is made possible by funding from the Environmental and Nature Conservation Foundation
of Kreissparkasse Ludwigsburg and the Ludwigsburg-Kornwestheim
and Bietigheim-Bissingen municipal utilities. The cooperation project between the city and district of
Ludwigsburg was successfully launched last October with schools of different
types, from primary to vocational schools. At the award ceremony on Tuesday, 26
April, Dr. Christian Sußner, Head of the Department of Environment, Technology and Construction at the District Office
Ludwigsburg, and Ludwigsburg's Mayor of Construction Andrea Schwarz presented the participating
schools with awards for their climate protection efforts. The schools reported on
their implemented climate protection activities.
The project aims to provide more action areas for education for sustainable development at
schools. It is aimed at schools that want to actively promote climate protection and sustainability at their
school and motivate others to join in. The large and small
steps that each school has taken in the past project phase were honored at the
awards event. The prize money per school can amount to
up to 1,500 euros per project section.
Since last October, the schools and their energy teams have been implementing climate protection activities
based on a list of measures provided by the city and district of Ludwigsburg
. In this context, energy teams
have been set up in the eleven participating schools, consisting of pupils, technical building management and
teachers. In addition, guided building inspections and
janitor training were carried out with all schools.
Despite corona, the schools were very active and dealt with various topics
relating to climate protection. At the end of February, the schools submitted a project report for the
award, which was assessed by a jury. "The results
of the reports make it clear that the schools have been very motivated and committed since October
and have learned about and implemented new climate-friendly alternatives,"
says project manager Ellinor Hoyer. "Each school has approached the project individually and
has overcome a wide variety of hurdles since the beginning. I am therefore all the more pleased to see how committed
and motivated the schools are in terms of climate protection."
- All schools have set up an energy team, taken part in a building inspection and drawn up an individual list of measures for their school. All school janitors have taken part in a training course or received other training.
- Ten schools have actively promoted the project to the teaching staff.
- Six schools have introduced an energy service (such as blackboard service, only for energy saving, appliances off, lights off, heating turned down etc.). For example, posters with energy-saving tips were put up in the classrooms and pupils were informed about climate-friendly actions.
- Eight schools carry out public relations work on the project and climate protection, e.g. via press articles or information on the website.
- Five schools have borrowed the energy measurement case and carried out an independent inspection tour of the school building.
- Nine schools dealt with the topic of waste avoidance and separation.
- In addition, five schools were particularly motivated and carried out project days dealing with the topics of climate change, climate protection, energy and resource conservation.
At the award event, the focus was on the joint task of climate protection and not on ranking the schools. Rather, the cooperation and exchange of ideas between the schools provided inspiration and climate-friendly impulses. This made it clear how versatile and creative climate protection can be, even with little effort.
The financing of the awards for the schools is made possible by the sponsors: Stif-tung Umwelt- und Naturschutz der Kreissparkasse Ludwigsburg and Stadtwerke Ludwigsburg-Kornwestheim (SWLB) and Bietigheim-Bissingen (SWBB). They were given special thanks at the award ceremony. Christian Schneider, Chairman and Managing Director of Stadtwerke Ludwigsburg-Kornwestheim, emphasized: "For us, the energy transition means doing something. But not just anything, but the right thing for more climate protection. Supporting this project is a building block of our sustainable strategy. We are delighted if it raises everyone's awareness of energy use and saves energy at schools. After all, we can only achieve the energy transition together - with the support of the next generation, the committed pupils."
"The challenges of the future require the efforts of everyone, especially our future generations, which is why we are very happy to support this school project," added Richard Mastenbroek, Managing Director of SWBB.
Thomas Raab, member of the board of the Kreissparkasse and representative of the Kreissparkasse Foundation, emphasized at the award ceremony: "Climate protection is one of the central issues of our time and is increasingly becoming the focus of thought and action. Sustainability in all its facets has always played a special role for Kreisspar-kasse Ludwigsburg and its foundations. That is why we have been investing considerable sums in numerous environmental and nature conservation projects for many years. The multi-year project presented here is supported with foundation funds totaling 72,000 euros. Our Environmental and Nature Conservation Foundation is thus making a significant contribution to the successful implementation of the climate protection project at eleven schools in the Ludwigsburg district."
Through the measures implemented and numerous campaigns during the first phase of the project, the schools have actively and practically put the topic of climate protection and energy saving into practice. The project entered its second phase in March. There is a new catalog of measures that serves as a guideline for the schools' further actions.
The participating schools are
- Carl-Schaefer-Schule Ludwigsburg (commercial school)
- Oscar-Walcker-Schule Ludwigsburg (commercial school)
- Robert-Franck-Schule Ludwigsburg (commercial school)
- Berufliches Schulzentrum Bietigheim-Bissingen (vocational and commercial school)
- Paul-Aldinger-Schule Steinheim (special education and counseling center with a focus on mental development)
- Erich-Bracher-Schule Kornwestheim-Pattonville (commercial school)
- Mörike-Gymnasium Ludwigsburg
- Friedrich-Schiller-Gymnasium Ludwigsburg
- Friedensschule (elementary school) Ludwigsburg
- Justinus-Kerner-School (Community School) Ludwigsburg
- Ludwigsburg Community School
