Europe’s clean energy transition needs more than innovative technologies. It needs people who understand how to use them. The GreenVOCnet project was created to help fill this skills gap. Mainly by modernising vocational education and empowering young people, including young women, to pursue careers in sustainable energy. To achieve this, the project is developing a set of practical and accessible digital tools that bring heat pump and green hydrogen technologies closer to students, teachers, and training organisations.
The digital tools make learning more interactive, more relevant to real-world practice, and easier to integrate into different types of schools and training programmes.
Below is an overview of the key digital developments and why they matter.
GreenVOCnet is designing modern educational materials covering heat pumps and green hydrogen. The two of the most important technologies of Europe’s climate-neutral future. These materials include:
Students gain a strong technical foundation. Teachers receive ready-to-use content that fits into their lessons. Schools can easily modernise their curricula without needing specialist equipment.
The project develops online MOOC courses so learners can study independently – anywhere, anytime. These MOOCs will:
MOOCs can help schools overcome time, resource, and equipment limitations. They will also give students flexibility and open the door to self-directed learning.
To make learning engaging and hands-on, GreenVOCnet is exploring tools such as:
Students can practise concepts digitally before trying them in real-world settings. This reduces the need for expensive laboratory equipment and supports schools that lack technical infrastructure.
Slovakia, Spain, and Greece are now piloting the digital materials in schools and universities, gathering feedback from teachers, students, training centres and vocational institutions.
This helps ensure the final tools are practical, accurate, easy to use as well as suitable for different education systems.
The project is not creating theoretical content. It’s designing solutions shaped by the people who will actually use them.
Expertise Behind the Tools: A Guarantee of Quality
GreenVOCnet’s digital tools are developed with guidance from the Expert Advisory Board, ensuring scientific and technical accuracy. Thus, the tools are created with experts, tested by teachers, and refined through real classroom experience.
A Digital Ecosystem Supporting Europe’s Green Transformation
GreenVOCnet’s digital tools are more than teaching materials. They are a comprehensive ecosystem helping schools modernise education, strengthening teachers’ capacities, and enabling young people to access future-proof careers.
By combining international expertise, modern technology, and local engagement, the project supports Europe’s shift to clean, renewable, and efficient energy.
Want to see the digital tools in action?
GreenVOCnet continues to develop and pilot new content. Should you be interested in trying the materials and tools in your school or institution, do not hesitate to contact us at: l.bellusova@pedal-consulting.eu.
