Energy bikes

	2022-2023
	Educational packages

The energy bikes are a concept that has been running within CORE for several years. The aim is to give an idea of how much "energy" it takes to generate one kWh of electricity by pedaling yourself. With this we want to create awareness about where our energy comes from today and that it is not so obvious that our lamps turn on with just a push of the switch.

We use the energy bikes for workshops, but in the meantime we also use them as crowd pullers at events. For example, we can use them to heat up water and provide hot dogs/tea, or even charge our mobile phone/laptop at the office!

Explanation workshop Energy bikes:

The workshop on energy cycling is all about teaching the students about our energy market and where our electricity comes from, how it is generated and that this is not always easy. We therefore link this to how we can generate our energy sustainably and with low CO2 emissions, now and in the future, with efficient energy use and green electricity. As a starting point we have our self-made energy bicycles with which we will generate energy ourselves by pedaling and, for example, by boiling water. Hereby we experience the varying demand of our power circuit. The session then builds on this question, in which we go deeper into electricity generation on a larger scale and what the challenges are in Belgium. We discuss the various large power plants in Belgium and the contribution of renewable energy. Which we also test with other countries and what the pros and cons are. In the second part of the session, we will look at the future of our society and try to tackle the current problems of renewable energy. We do this on the basis of an introduction to new energy and storage technologies and a do-assignment. This assignment consists of creating our own city for which we ourselves will map out the energy supply of the future. They will then be able to present and explain these in small break-out groups. This is a package that is very much in line with the attainment targets for sustainable energy and the various types of electricity turbines. As well as attainment targets for electricity and the electricity grid.

Contact:

For more information or bookings, please send an e-mail to onderwijs@thinkcore.be