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Students Achieving Valuable Energy Savings 2

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Empowering university students to tackle fuel poverty together

Fuel poverty affects university students. This is why it’s important to support students in adopting energy-saving behaviours. The EU-funded SAVES2 project will engage students across seven countries. Comprised of two initiatives, SAVES2 targets students in university accommodations through Student Switch Off and those in the private-rented sector through SAVES. Student Switch Off fosters energy-saving competition among 38 000 students living in 144 dormitories, leveraging social media and interactive tools to raise awareness. SAVES empowers over 100 000 students to make informed choices when selecting rental properties through smart meter integration and ongoing support. Leveraging the power of social media and online student communities, the initiative will employ interactive digital content such as quizzes and photo competitions.

Objective

Students Achieving Valuable Energy Savings 2 (SAVES2) will catalyse sustainable energy behaviours among over 219,000 university students in seven countries to help them reduce their exposure to fuel poverty. It incorporates two strands that engage with students living in university accommodation (Student Switch Off) and in the private-rented sector (SAVES).

Student Switch Off is an energy-saving competition that will reach 38,000 students living in 144 dormitories in 14 universities of the partner countries in each academic year from 2017/18 to 2019/20. By identifying and training student ambassadors in each dormitory, and by motivating the ambassadors to encourage their peers to save energy, we will create a race between students in dormitories, each competing to save the most energy and win prizes. It will tap into online student communities through social media, using engaging digital communications (quizzes, photo competitions) to raise awareness of how students can save energy in a fun way. The centrepiece of each competition will be an energy dashboard that updates students in near-real time on the performance and position of their dormitory in the competition – providing feedback and encouraging further action.

The private-rented sector engagement work (SAVES) will reach over 100,000 students when they are looking for, moving into and living in the private-rented sector. It will enable students to make better informed decisions at the point at which they are selecting a rental property – thereby routing purchase decisions towards higher efficiency properties. SAVES2 will incorporate national-level partnerships with smart meter delivery agencies to develop student-focused communication materials highlighting the benefits of smart meters. It will provide ongoing advice and support to students via energy-efficiency and bill management training, peer-to-peer advice sharing via video blogs and regular e-mail and social media communications.

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Call for proposal

H2020-EE-2016-2017

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H2020-EE-2016-CSA

Funding Scheme

CSA - Coordination and support action

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NATIONAL UNION OF STUDENTS (UNITED KINGDOM)
Net EU contribution
€ 379 234,96
Address
GRAY S INN ROAD 275 MACADAM HOUSE
WC1X 8QB LONDON
United Kingdom

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London Inner London — West Camden and City of London
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Other
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Total cost
€ 379 234,96

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