On April 3rd, DTU and Schneider Electric Vietnam launched the 2018 Go-Green-in-the-City competition, a global venture to enable engineering students to develop intelligent energy management solutions for “smart cities”. The contest provides contestants with a clearer understanding of the global energy environment and encourages them to partner with other students worldwide to become future market leaders. Schneider Electric will also identify, employ and train talented technology and business candidates.
DTU students
Schneider Electric specializes in international energy management and automation and employs 144,000 staff in 100 countries. They manufacture safe, reliable, efficient and sustainable energy systems, from simple switches to complex networks, using technology, software and services, to automate and manage the energy business.
Teams have two contestants, with at least one female, who present their research papers on creative energy management solutions from one of four categories: Sustainability and Integration, the Digital Economy, the Smart Supply Chain and Cybersecurity. The deadline for submissions is June 1st, 2018.
The national finals of the Go-Green-In-The-City will be held at Schneider Electric Vietnam on July 15th and the winners will advance to the East Asia Finals on August 21st.
DTU students register for the competition
The national champions will be mentored by Schneider Electric professionals to produce viable business cases for presentation at one of the seven global semi-finals. The best ten teams will then move on to the global finals in the United States in November 2018 and the champions will be offered jobs at Schneider Electric, precluded by visits to any two Schneider Electric locations around the world.
In 2016, DTU won the national Go-Green-In-The-City championship and were runners-up in the East Asia contest, with their project “A solution for Eco-friendly shrimp farming with zero water replacement”. The next year their “Toilet Mini Generator” project won the champion’s cup in the Go-Green-In-The-City-Green Solutions for the City contest.
(Media Center)