San Fidel TEK

Creator: GAIA|Art form: Design, Visual arts|Knowledge valorisation : Co-creation|Place: Bilbao,Spain|Location : Offline|Target group: Cultural and creative professionals and institutions, General public, Private companies / industries|Domains: Climate Action and Environment, Digital Age|Duration : Participatory process that results in an event
Credit: Opengela
Credit: Opengela

Energy Living Lab (co-creation methodology) combined with culture to promote energy efficiency and sustainability.

Challenge: Reducing environmental impact through the implementation of an energy Living Lab in Urdaibai, a protected biosphere

Through the first Living Lab in the Urdaibai area, Gernika TEK, the local energy community in the San Fidel school will be used to create San Fidel TEK. To this end, the school plans to install a total of 200 solar panels on its roof, which will supply renewable energy not only to the school, but also to the surrounding infrastructure : 150 homes, shops and public buildings such as the Santanape sports centre. The implementation of the project will specifically contribute to avoiding the emission of 885 tons of CO2 per year and will involve stakeholders from the Quintuple Helix.

The participants in the San Fidel Tek are, in addition to the entity that owns the roofs,
citizens, small businesses and a cultural house “the Gernika Casa de Cultura-Kulturetxea”
whose homes, businesses or companies are located within 500 meters of the facility.

Resources needed

The connection between CCIs, environmental sustainability, local industry, public administration and education will result in the co-creation of an energy living Lab where students will specifically create Lego structures that designers will turn into NFTs

Purpose of artistic intervention

Bringing together the energy sector and culture is a necessary challenge to promote, through co-creation methodologies, the reduction of the carbon footprint, energy efficiency and synergies between Industry and Culture and Creativity.