Students of A and B classes visited the Technological Park of Lavrio on 28 November 2012 where they were guided by experts from the National Technical University of Athens to the facilities of H2SuSBuild, a clean and energy self-sustained building in the vision of integrating H2 economy with renewable energy resources. The visit was organized in the framework of the Renewable Energy Resources Project.

The concept is the development of an intelligent, self-sustained and zero CO2 emission hybrid energy system to cover electric power, heating and cooling loads (tri-generation) of buildings or districts of buildings. In this system, the primary energy is harvested from RES and directly used to cover contingent loads, while the excess energy is converted to hydrogen to be used as energy storage material and to be further applied as a green fuel to cover the building heating needs through direct combustion or to produce combined heating and electricity by means of fuel cells.

The students were able to see and talk about the function of the photovoltaic systems and the wind turbines as well as the hydrogen tanks and the safety measures of the installation.

The students were accompanied by Mr P. Zoumblios and D. Tsilalis (Science Teachers), Mr D. Aggelidakis (ICT Teacher) and Ms K. Christodoulou (EFL Teacher).