VERCampus – Live Park of Renewable Energies

Abstract

This paper presents the VERCampus Project – Live Campus  of  Renewable  Energies –  which  integrates  a  set  of technologies,  infrastructures,  and  initiatives  carried  out  in  the Campus of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB) regarding the   renewable   energies   technologies   and   distributed   power generation systems promotion and dissemination for IPB students and  for  other  schools  and  education  levels,  stakeholders  and  all community  in  general.  The  aim  is  to  create an  attractive  and innovative   green Campus   as   a   real   platform   for   training, education and dissemination activities  in order to  understand the real cost of the energy and stimulate better behaviours in view of a  rational  use  of  energy.  The  results  consist  of  an  experimental framework   based   on   commercial   equipment   with   new   and innovative  functionalities  developed  by  students  and  teaching staff   of   IPB   in   view   of   studies   and   transfer   of   practical information   and   technology   for   the   community.   This   paper describes  the  main  activities  achieved  for  these  purposes  and some details are presented.