05.01.2014.
Since October 2012, Riga Technical University coordinates an international consortium, comprising fourteen universities from nine countries in order to modernize high education system in European neighbor partner countries. The project involves higher education institutions from Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, and Belgium as well as from partner countries Belarus, Kosovo, and Azerbaijan.
The name of the TEMPUS program’ project is «Development of Training Network for Improving Education in Energy Efficiency» (ENERGY)
The wider objective is to enhance networking among higher education institutions across the Partner Countries and EU Member States for improving the education in the field of the energy efficiency enhancement, energy saving and the use of renewable sources of energy.
The main goal of the project is to develop training courses on the following directions: Distribution of power energy, Effective lightening, Energy effective materials, Energy saving technologies, Power electronics, Gas and Hydrodynamics, Heat pumps, Hydrogen energy, Solar energy and photovoltaics, Wind energy. The developed courses will be integrated into European educational system.
Now EU partners Belorussian State University, Belorussian Nacional Technical University, Belorussian Nacional Agrarian University, National Aviation Academy of Azerbaijan, Khazar University, Qafqaz University of Azerbaijan and University of Pristina in Kosovska Mitrovica started new courses testing and curricular accreditation process.
RTU team, held by rector professor L. Ribickis, developed four new courses on behalf of EU partners. Apart from the project, five course books have been submitted to RTU Press for electronic and paper issues.
Three of these courses will be tested in Riga Technical University in spring semester of 2015.
EEI700 Energy Effective Technologies
The course gives an overview of technologies, providing saving of energy and some practical examples in power supply. The topics, considered in the course, include the energy saving in such areas as energy transmission and distribution, electrical drives, optimal selection of electric motor power and application of frequency-regulated electric drives, modern technologies applied in lighting, application of super-capacitors, etc. EU Energy Efficiency Directive and Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, the main concepts and application areas as well as benefits from using those concepts are considered in the course.
EEI701 Effective Lighting
This course is focused on effective lighting issues. The course summarizes the current lighting and electrical systems, as well as explains their operating principles and basic methods of the modern systems of the lighting control and regulation. Energy saving by modern lighting systems is one of the key topics.
EEI702 Hydrogen Energy Engineering
Hydrogen is considered as a renewable energy source. Hydrogen production, energy storage and distribution are under consideration in the course. A special attention is focused on integration of hydrogen energy sources into the electrical energy systems.
