Energy Days are any events that promote energy efficiency. They can be workshops, quizzes and contests, city quests, guided trips to power stations that produce energy from renewable resources, and many other formats. Creative ideas are more than welcome!
Energy Days can be organized by anyone who would like to promote the idea of clean energy: local authorities, businesses, local communities and residents. Energy Days can take place anywhere, from a school to a culture centre. In Belarus, Energy Days are usually organized by municipalities which are signatories of the Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy.
Interakcia Foundation helped to organize first Energy Days in Belarus, which took place in Polotsk in 2012, and since 2016 we have been coordinating Energy Days in other Belarusian CoM signatory cities.
When to organize Energy Days?
Energy Days take place in EU and Eastern partnership countries every year in May and June. They can last from several hours to several weeks. Traditionally, they take place as part of the European Sustainable Energy Week. To become part of this global campaign, you will have to register your Energy Days at https://eusew.eu/. Make sure to check out EUSEW’s Guidelines for Energy Days organizers.
Since the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic, Energy Days also went through a change. In 2020, the EU Sustainable Energy Week’s events took place mostly online or outdoors under the slogan, ‘Beyond the crisis: clean energy for green recovery and growth’.
What does it mean for communication and how to conduct Energy Days during the coronavirus pandemic? Watch the recording of a webinar organized by the EU’s CoM-DeP Programme where Marina Borisova, our communication expert, shares advice and best practices in online communication in energy and climate projects.
If you are looking for creative ideas to conduct offline activities, check out our public reports on how we helped to conduct Energy Days in Polotsk in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 as part of PubLiCity project. An outdoor festival with energy efficient installations called Light Spheres, summer school for young architects, online energy efficiency marathon, and even our very own Light Festival – these are some of the ideas for Energy Days events that you will find in the reports.
