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i.lab energy and environment

How many lamps can a waterfall light? Can you cook pizza with the sun’s rays? Can a hydrogen system change the climate? With solar panels, fuel cells and turbines you’ll find out where energy comes from and you’ll understand how to always have at it your fingertips.

  age length    
1. Sources and chameleons 9-18 1 h
2. Under the sun 9-18 1/2 h
3. Endless resources 9-18 1 h

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Climate change at the Science Museum
Information, quizzes and games on climate change and sustainable development.

Energy at the Science Museum
Quizzes and games on energy, from London’s Science Museum.

ISES Italia (ita)
Italian section of the International Solar Energy Society; from here there are links to the interesting international site.

The Solar Cooking Archive
Focusing exclusively on solar ovens, it contains construction plans and information on how to use them.

Solar House, Magherafelt
An example of a house in Londonderry (Northern Ireland) that has been redesigned and renovated according to energy-saving criteria.

REPP: Renewable Energy Policy Project
With CREST (Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology) a US site dedicated to renewable energies and sustainable development.

Enel Green Power (ita)
The section of the Enel website dedicated to energy from renewable sources.

Enel (ita)
The official website of Italy’s National Agency for Electric Energy.

AEM (ita)
The website of Milan’s Municipal Energy Company.

H2IT (ita)
The website of the Italian Association for hydrogen and fuel cells.

ENEA (ita)
In the Publications and libraries section, subsection Online publications, you’ll find all you need to know about fuel cells, and leaflets from the “Sustainable development” series on hydrogen, as well as photovoltaic and wind energy.
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