With a large "Energy Education Marketplace" and an Energy Talk with participants from the energy industry and the education sector, the interdisciplinary joint project "Education for a sustainable energy supply and energy use (energie.bildung)" at the University of Oldenburg presented its results on 13 October. Since 2008, the seven subject didactics departments of General Studies, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Computing Science, Economics and Vocational and Business Education have been developing products and concepts to anchor the topics of energy and sustainability more firmly in curricula and teacher training. energie.bildung is funded by the Lower Saxony Future and Innovation Fund foundation. Cooperation partners are the Federal Technology Centre for Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (bfe), the Oldenburg Energy Cluster OLEC e.V. and the regional education network Climate & Energy of the City of Oldenburg. "The project perfectly combines two of the university's core competences, energy research and teacher training," emphasised Prof. Dr Bernd Siebenhüner, Vice President for Young Academics and Quality Management, at the presentation of the results. "Oldenburg's specialised didactics departments were already dealing with the topics of renewable energies and sustainability when they still played a subordinate role in curricula and teacher training." This early involvement has given them a head start over other initiatives, added Prof Dr Michael Komorek, physics didactics expert and spokesperson for the project alongside academic appointment Prof Dr Karin Rebmann: "The events in Fukushima have led to a rethink in energy policy. However, one of the prerequisites for a successful and sustainable energy transition is to integrate the topics of energy and sustainability into the educational processes of our society, and the energie.bildung project shows tried and tested and viable ways of doing this. A total of around 30 scientists, 60 teachers and more than ten schools are involved in the project. The results will be made available in specialist publications, contributions to textbooks and learning materials and via the project's online portal. The products and concepts cover the entire spectrum of renewable energies and take into account all school types - from primary schools to lower and upper secondary schools and vocational schools. Over the last three years, the project participants have developed experiments for science lessons, concepts for lessons and teacher training, materials for use in computer science lessons, excursion concepts for visiting regional energy sites and lecture concepts on the sustainable use of energy for student teachers. Empirical research work on teaching and learning in the field of energy has also been carried out, the results of which are used in schools and teacher training programmes. Over 20 students completed their final theses as part of the energie.bildung project. The highlights of the project also included two scientific symposia and the two-day information event "Energy Professions Live". More than 800 school pupils were given an insight into apprenticeships in the field of renewable energies. Further information