Energiesparmeister teams travel to the solemn ceremony in North Rhine-Westphalia, Berlin, May 11, 2011. At the nationwide competition in Energiesparmeister students of community primary school Zoppenbruckstrasse in Duisburg have won the online voting for the best German energy saving project. Thus she earned the title, Energiesparmeister gold”. The Energiesparmeister contest of the campaign climate seeks protection”annually features the ten best climate protection projects at German schools and is funded by the Federal Ministry of the environment. With the vote victory is also the site of the awards ceremony: this will take place on Friday, May 13 from 2-4 pm in the Auditorium of the Duisburg elementary school. Place the vote succeeded in the Edith-Stein-Schule from Ravensburg, Ottobeuren primary school took the third place.

On Friday, the other nine Energiesparmeister from all over Germany travel to Duisburg. There, singer and TV host will lead Ben through the event. The winning schools will receive each a prize money of 5,000 euros, a video camera and a Project sponsorship with prestigious companies and institutions. The Godfather accompany and advise the winners on their further climate protection actions. They continuously publish the organizers of the contest on. Half of all winning projects from North Rhine-Westphalia with prevailed the GGS Zoppenbruckstrasse about 760 from a total of 5,400 votes in the vote. Five of the ten Energiesparmeister come from North Rhine-Westphalia.

The special feature of the climate protection project of the school in Duisburg is the comprehensive approach: students save energy for heating, water and electricity not only in school, but are learned resource awareness home. Last year, she created a collection of practical tips, exhibited special Energiesparpasse and animated their parents to ecological behavior. More than 100 households could be achieved so. This reduced their television consumption within two weeks to a total of 7,500 minutes and used during the same period 130-time walk, bicycle or public transport instead of own cars.