Our teams began renovation and insulation work in all 19 schools in 2010, targeting a 40% fall in energy consumption and a 50% drop in greenhouse gas emissions by 2025. After two years’ work on the project, we introduced awareness-raising campaigns for both pupils and staff. “To raise awareness of environmentally responsible behaviour among pupils, we have designed a number of campaigns that are both educational and fun, including serious games and annual events on specific topics” explains Isabelle Moriet-Bastard, ecology facilitator in charge of Centre Region CPE assignments for Eiffage Énergie. “This year, we are offering them a play entitled “Atmosphère, atmos faire” created by the Anjou theatre company Spectabilis. There will be at least 8 performances in the spring. The play was premiered on 13 December 2016 in Amboise’s viticultural high school.” The play is followed by a debate led by Isabelle Moriet-Bastard, and aims to raise consciousness among the Centre Region’s pupils, enabling them to become tomorrow’s eco-citizens. 

Eiffage Énergie has been organizing annual meetings of this kind around a priority topic since 2012. They provide an opportunity to discuss the impact of greenhouse gas and climate change on the planet, or more generally, environmental development in the world, in a humorous, educational and interactive way. “High-school pupils are not always easy to captivate. You must be able to update and innovate to get your message across. We also organize parallel activities, like visits to a hydro dam and a wood-fired heating plant, a quiz, and workshops to create energy stickers for display in the high-schools. All these long-term initiatives have a common aim: to encourage everyone to reduce energy costs” concludes Isabelle Moriet-Bastard.

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