Minsk and the Vitebsk region were recognized as the best in organizing the work of educational institutions on energy saving

April 5, Minsk / Tamara Dovgalyuk - BELTA /. Winners of the republican contest of school projects on economy and thrift "Energomarathon-2009" have been determined. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the Department for Energy Efficiency of the State Committee for Standardization of Belarus. The winners were awarded in seven nominations. In the nomination "Best Region of the Republic for Organizing Work of Educational Institutions in the Field of Energy and Resource Saving", the first place was shared by the city of Minsk and the Vitebsk region. The second place went to the Grodno region, and the Mogilev and Gomel regions took third place. Among educational institutions for creating a system of work in the field of energy and resource saving, the gymnasium of Kalinkovichi, Gomel region, and Krasnoselsky kindergarten No. 2, Grodno region, won. Secondary school No. 110 in Minsk and Novopolotsk State Secondary School No. 12, Vitebsk region, shared second place, and the Zhodino Women's Gymnasium, Minsk region, took third place. The best teachers for organizing classroom work on fostering an energy-saving culture among students were also named. The best works of schoolchildren were also recognized. In the nomination "Best Student Project of Practical Energy-Saving Measures", about one hundred works were initially submitted from each region. The first place was taken by a work of a 10th-grade student of Secondary School No. 5 in Slonim on the topic "The Use of Local Fuels and the Implementation of Energy and Resource-Saving Technologies and Equipment at Enterprises in Slonim". Among the students' works on promoting the efficient use of energy resources in the form of a video, the creations of Secondary School No. 6 of the Frunzensky district of Minsk and the Grodno Regional State Center for Technical Creativity of Students "Our Heat is in Our Hands" won. The jury also evaluated the work of practical centers (museums) on energy saving and school agitation teams for promoting the efficient use of energy resources. The jury included representatives of the Ministry of Education of Belarus, Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherov, the Center for Ideological Educational and Social Work of the Minsk City Institute for the Development of Education, the journal "Energy Efficiency", the UNDP/GEF project "Removing Barriers to Energy Efficiency Improvement in Public Sector Enterprises", the Center for Environmental Solutions, and the Department for Energy Efficiency. The contest of school projects on economy and thrift "Energomarathon-2009" was held with the assistance of the UNDP/GEF project "Removing Barriers to Energy Efficiency Improvement in Public Sector Enterprises of Belarus", as well as the non-profit institution "Center for Environmental Solutions". Winners were awarded cups, medals, diplomas, certificates of honor, and gifts.-0-