Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, has launched the 5th edition of the international competition Go Green in the City, dedicated to students all over the world. As in the previous years, youngsters are challenged to come up with innovative energy management solutions for cities.
Bachelor and master students specialized in business or engineering can apply for the competition by the end of January 2015. In teams of two, with at least one woman, they will have to submit a case study illustrating their ideas for innovative energy management solutions for one of the five basic urban sectors: residential, university, business, water and hospitals. Go Green in the City has already attracted over 1.800 pre-registered participants from 80 states for the 2015 edition, which reflects the high interest in this competition.
“This increasing participation in the challenge confirmed the strong involvement and interest of young students to find global solutions and face the current energy challenge,” said Olivier Blum, Chief Human Resources Officer, Schneider Electric. “We are proud with Go Green in the City to enable the young workforce to generate new ideas and solutions that will make our cities more sustainable.”
The top 100 teams, selected based on their case studies, will be announced on February 1st 2015 and will have a month to work with a mentor from Schneider Electric, in order to create a synopsis and a video presentation of their idea. Following this stage, the 12 best teams will be invited to Paris from June 22nd to 25th to compete in the final. The winning team will travel the world, VIP-style, with Schneider Electric, visiting the company’s HQ in two countries, networking with employees and high-level management. They will also have the opportunity to be recruited by Schneider Electric in their home countries.
In addition to completing the case challenge, participants can expand their Go Green in the City experience by engaging in gamified elements and discovering resources that provide useful insight into developing winning business case solutions. Keeping in tradition with last years’ process, participants can also compete with quiz scores and social media votes for the Go Green Champs Award and Social Media Award and win the opportunity to interact with Schneider Electric employees and previous year winners.
Over the last four years, the topic of energy management in smart cities has received increasing attention from students around the world. Attracting more than 12,000 registered participants from 159 countries during last year’s edition, Go Green in the City aims to educate young generations and build awareness about the need for smart energy management for sustainable cities. The winner of the 2014 edition was a team from Hong Kong University, with the EnerBy project, a mobile application that helps users to analyze and manage domestic energy consumption.
For more information, please visit Go Green in the City website, and follow the challenge on the Facebook pages.
About Schneider Electric
A global specialist in energy management with operations in more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric offers integrated solutions across multiple market segments, including leadership positions in Utilities & Infrastructures, Industries & Machine Manufacturers, Non-residential Buildings, Data Centres & Networks and the Residential sector. Focused on making energy safe, reliable, efficient, productive and green, the Group’s 150,000-plus employees achieved sales of 24 billion euros in 2013, through an active commitment to helping individuals and organisations make the most of their energy.