A group of Electrical Engineering students, attending the MCAST Gozo Centre, recently visited Lüdenscheid, Germany, on a Life-Long Learning project entitled Sustainability in the New Europe – Ambassadors for Sustainability.

This project aims to bring together learning communities from different parts of Europe to work together on sustainability and renewable energy issues. The foreign partners involved in this project include Glasgow Kelvin College, Lüdenscheid’s Berufskölleg für Technik des Markishen Kreises and Groningen’s Alfa College. 

During the first year of this project, students from each participating college will analyse their respective country. This will include conducting research on government set targets, strategies, policies and good practices focusing on energy and water conservation, renewable energy and electromobility.

During the international meetings the students will share and discuss their good practices with all members of the participating countries. A similar meeting, held in Gozo, involved presentations delivered by Eco Gozo officials.

During their stay in Germany, the group visited Alfa College, in the Netherlands where they had the opportunity of meeting the College CEO and international coordinator. The students also participated in several industrial visits organised by the German host college.

These included a visit to Spelsberg GmbH, a leading manufacturer of generic and specialised electrical junction boxes, distribution boards, boxes and fire-resistant electrical encasements; Fischer Elektronik GmbH, a leading manufacturer of heat-sinks, electrical and electronic connectors and aluminium enclosures and DIAL GmbH, the renowned Institute of Building and Lighting Technology, developer of the DIALux software for lighting design. 

The programme also included a visit to the Phänomenta Science Museum in Ludenscheid and a cultural visit to the Cologne Cathedral.