1. www.energypedia.info energypedia Introduction 23th July 2012

2. www.energypedia.info Approximately 2,7 billion people are deprived of clean and energy efficient cooking technologies. Around 1,3 billion have no access to electricity. Access to energy is a prerequisite of human development (individual survival, education and health) and a critical input into all economic sectors (household production, farming or industry). The wealth and development status is closely correlated to the level of energy access. Introduction 2

3. www.energypedia.info Introduction 3 Web 2.0 Platform: based on the Wikipedia-software – everyone can read, write, and edit articles Knowledge Platform: offers free access to expert information on renewable energy and energy efficiency in developing countries Working Platform: workspaces for organizations, NGO’s, universities, etc. Vision: A world in which all people have access to clean, modern, renewable energy and make use of it in an efficient way.

4. www.energypedia.info Users ≠ passive consumers Users create and edit content Direct user interaction Famous applications: Social networking sites (e.g. FB) File sharing sites (e.g. YouTube) Wikis (e.g. Wikipedia) Successful because all users can contribute 4 http://www.epic.co.uk How energypedia works

5. www.energypedia.info Internal project wiki: Developed within the Dutch-German energy partnership Energising Development (EnDev), implemented by GIZ as internal tool for knowledge and project management. energypedia was born: EnDev wiki was re-launched as a separate workspace under the now known name "energypedia". Registered users can read and edited on energypedia. Public launch of energypedia: Energypedia becomes public. Energypedia can be read by unregistered users. energypedia becomes independent: Founded as a NGO, independent from GIZ. Starts working in own office in April 2012. Today, energypedia counts more than 750 articles and 1,900 users worldwide 5 2007 2011 2010 About energypedia today

6. www.energypedia.info A wiki consists of several individual articles. You can set links to connect articles with each other. Some articles can work as overview pages or portals. Categories gather articles to one topic. 6 Portal / start page Link Category Wiki articles Link How a wiki works

7. www.energypedia.info Portals allow you a quick introduction into a topic and link to many other related sites 7 Categories gather all related sites How a wiki works

8. www.energypedia.info With the search function you can find wiki articles by searching the page title by searching the whole article text for a keyword Functions 8 Link back to the energypedia start page Find more information about energypedia You need help? This link goes directly to the energypedia help section. Give us your feedback…

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10. www.energypedia.info With this section you can create a PDF file from one or several wiki articles or you can print an article Functions 10

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12. www.energypedia.info Get in contact with other users, colleagues, energy experts, … Leave messages on their board Choose if they are private or public (everyone can read them) Functions 12

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14. www.energypedia.info 14 Functions The Actions button offers different functions, amongst which the “View history” is the most important. Click on the version’s date to see that specific version. Select two versions and compare them to see the differences. “Undo” restores the prior version of this page.

15. www.energypedia.info Features 15 Create calendar entries for your event

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18. www.energypedia.info 18 Data entry according to a predetermined form and data display according to a specified template. “Edit with form” button instead of “Edit” button for normal wiki pages. Database overview pages allow sorting and searching according to different criteria. While a selection of criteria is shown on the overview page, more details can be accessed by clicking on the single product name. How to add information?

19. www.energypedia.info How to add information? 19 To create a new article enter the preferred title in the search panel and hit "enter". Now click on the red link and the Editor will open. Please check also the “Guidelines to make Good Articles”

20. www.energypedia.info How to add information? 20 What is a good article? Structure: Overview: short text introducing the reader to the general topic Main Part: paragraphs and headings structure the text length of an article should not be overly long Further Information: like additional links or interesting liturature References: cite your sources! Integration into the wiki structure Link to related articles and external websites Categorize your article

21. www.energypedia.info 21 To edit an article click “Edit” on top You can find the same Buttons on top of each article How to add information?

22. www.energypedia.info 22 With the editor you can create or work on an article by editing it and making it graphically attractive to read. The editor is shown if you have clicked on the “edit button” on top of all wiki pages. Rich Text Editor: Wiki Text Editor: Shows the more technical wiki text How to add information?

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