"We've had the opportunity to grow our own idea, meet talented people across the globe & learn through the process from our amazing mentors," share Helena and Dorothy, winners of global student competition Go Green organized by Schneider Electric. The competition calls for bold ideas to test the boundaries of digital transformation in Energy Management.
Their award-wining sustainable and purpose driven solution is known as the "Light Pill": an artificial light source and ultraviolet water purifier shaped like a bottle cap. The Light Pill is designed to help communities without access to energy and safe water.
Team Light Pills focused on four key differentiators for their product:
- Sustainability: through recycled materials
- Feasibility: easy to produce and transport
- Accessibility: affordable and efficient
- Versatility: adaptable structure
Re-shaping a smarter and more sustainable future
Schneider Electric believes that energy is a basic human right. The company is dedicated to furthering mankind through new technologies.
As a major player in Energy Management and Industrial Automation, Schneider Electric sees an urgent need for bold ideas that can re-shape a smarter and more sustainable future for both the industry and the company.
Schneider Go Green, together with AVEVA, looks for game changers around the world who are daring to disrupt and to put skills to the test and push the boundaries of digital transformation in Energy Management.
Pitching bold ideas related to energy management
Participants are encouraged to submit their bold idea related to one of the company's five segments within energy management.
- Access to Energy: Enable universal access to energy in an environmentally sustainable manner
- Homes of the Future: Can buildings be smarter, more sustainable and incorporate new technologies?
- Plants of the Future: Apply IoT, AI, Machine Learning and more to the industries of the present or future
- Grids of the Future: Imagine the future of energy management and distribution
- De[coding] the Future: Envision future approaches to design, engineering and construction of assets and infrastructure
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