UzhNU joined the Regional Days of Energy in Uzhhorod

On Tuesday, July 27, the Regional Energy Days began in Uzhhorod. The official part of the events took place in the small hall of the Academic Council of UzhNU. The invited guests presented energy projects, shared their experience of working in the field of sustainable energy,  made welcoming remarks, and signed a memorandum of cooperation. In particular, the event was attended by the head of the Euroregional Cooperation Office Oleksandr Bilak, deputy mayor of the Uzhgorod City Council Artem Pogorelov, head of the "Danube Energy +" project Nataliya Nosa, representatives of the "CBC Smart Energy" and "NESIKA" UzhNU projects Anatoliy Hychka and Ihor Chichura, expert in the field of environmental protection, NGO "Ekosphere" Oksana Stankevich-Volosyanchuk and others.

At the beginning of the event, a memorandum of cooperation on the creation and operation of the Danube Energy Regional Hub was signed. As Nataliya Nosa, head of the "Danube Energy+" project, notes: "Hub   is being created within the framework of the "Danube Energy+" project, which is implemented in accordance with the Danube Transnational Program, which is a financial and European integration tool of the European Union. The program contributes to the economic, social and territorial unity of the Danube region through the integration of policies in specific thematic directions.

The Uzhhorod National University, the Department of Euroregional Cooperation of the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration, the Uzhhorod City Council, the Transcarpathian Regional Branch of the Association of Cities of Ukraine, the NGO "Ekosphere", the Agency for Regional Development and Cross-Border cooperation "Zakarpattia" and representatives of energy projects.

UzhNU Chief Energy Engineer Anatolii Hychka shared with those present about the implementation progress of the project "Smart Energy of Cross-Border Cooperation" (CBC Smart Energy), within the framework of the joint operational program Romania-Ukraine 2014-2020: The first stage of our work was conducting an energy audit in three buildings of UzhNU - the Faculty of Chemistry, the Faculty of Biology, Student Dormitory No. 2 to determine the main areas of work. The next steps were to update the lighting system, purchase a thermal imager, and install new meters at all university facilities with a GSM modem. We also have a lot of plans ahead. At the same time, since we are primarily a higher educational institution, we conducted training with students of the engineering and technical faculty and introduced a new discipline "Energy management with energy audit".

Art. Ihor Chichura, a teacher at the Department of Instrumentation at the Faculty of Engineering and Technology: "We have been working on the project for a year and some of its points have already been completed.  Our main goals were to raise awareness of environmental protection and energy solutions of the residents of the region, exchange experience with our partners, development of an energy concept, selection of target communities and cooperation with them. Our partners followed similar goals. We also involved a certain group of students in the project. We also conducted trainings and workshops as part of the project. There are plans -  to open an Energy Education Center and laboratories on energy efficiency and renewable energy for the educational needs of students. Part of the equipment has already been purchased. There is also an applied part of this project, which is aimed at making one of the buildings of our university more energy efficient.

This day also featured master classes for children and youth, the opening of an energy hub, presentations of energy initiatives, startups from young innovators-entrepreneurs, innovative ideas for communities, condominiums, households and businesses .

Hanna Feltsan,

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