A promoção de práticas de educação e formação para a sustentabilidade: o caso do Centro Unesco Aldeias das Ciências

O presente relatório de estágio descreve as atividades desenvolvidas no decorrer de nove meses de estágio profissional, no âmbito do Mestrado em Gestão com especialização em Recursos Humanos, na Associação Centro UNESCO Aldeia das Ciências. Este relatório tem como objetivo descrever detalhadamente as atividades desenvolvidas na instituição acolhedora, bem como apresentar um conjunto de sugestões e recomendações que permitam melhorar os processos e procedimentos. No decorrer do estágio foram desenvolvidas diversas atividades, tendo as mesmas como foco a promoção da educação para a sustentabilidade em torno de três grandes áreas: exposições com tecnologias eco-eficientes (exposição Espaço Água, Energia Sustentável e Casa Sustentável) abertas à comunidade, angariação e reutilização de materiais recicláveis e atividades lúdico-pedagógicas em contexto escolar, como por exemplo: utilização de fornos solares, recolha de tampas, caricas e rolhas (Projeto “Bora lá). A instituição através dos seus diversos projetos pretende passar a mensagem da importância no investimento na educação e formação para a sustentabilidade; Abstract: Promoting education and training practices for sustainability - The Case of the Centro UNESCO Aldeia das Ciências This internship report describes the activities developed during a nine-month internship, in the scope of the Master's Degree in Management with a specialization in Human Resources, at the Association of UNESCO Village Center of Sciences. The purpose of this report is to describe in detail the activities carried out at the hospitable institution, as well as to present a set of suggestions and recommendations to improve processes and procedures. During the internship, several activities were carried out, focusing on the promotion of education for sustainability around three major areas: exhibitions with eco-efficient technologies (exhibition on Water, Sustainable Energy and Sustainable House) open to the community, fundraising And re-use of recyclable materials and educational activities in a school context, such as: the use of solar ovens, the collection of lids, caricas and corks ("Bora lá" Project). The institution through its various projects intends to convey the message of importance in investing in education and training for sustainability.

Large scale underground energy storage for renewables integration: general criteria for reservoir identification and viable technologies.

The increasing integration of renewable energies in the electricity grid contributes considerably to achieve the European Union goals on energy and Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emissions reduction. However, it also brings problems to grid management. Large scale energy storage can provide the means for a better integration of the renewable energy sources, for balancing supply and demand, to increase energy security, to enhance a better management of the grid and also to converge towards a low carbon economy. Geological formations have the potential to store large volumes of fluids with minimal impact to environment and society. One of the ways to ensure a large scale energy storage is to use the storage capacity in geological reservoir. In fact, there are several viable technologies for underground energy storage, as well as several types of underground reservoirs that can be considered. The geological energy storage technologies considered in this research were: Underground Gas Storage (UGS), Hydrogen Storage (HS), Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES), Underground Pumped Hydro Storage (UPHS) and Thermal Energy Storage (TES). For these different types of underground energy storage technologies there are several types of geological reservoirs that can be suitable, namely: depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs, aquifers, salt formations and caverns, engineered rock caverns and abandoned mines. Specific site screening criteria are applicable to each of these reservoir types and technologies, which determines the viability of the reservoir itself, and of the technology for any particular site. This paper presents a review of the criteria applied in the scope of the Portuguese contribution to the EU funded project ESTMAP – Energy Storage Mapping and Planning.