Schneider Electric announcesty Go Green in the City 2016

he Philippines has had a hot streak of wins in international competitions. Through Schneider Electric’s Go Green in the City 2016 aims to win more.

Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, launched the 6th edition of Go Green in the City, its global business case challenge focusing on innovative energy solutions for smart cities.

From January 15th to April 15th, 2016, business and engineering (bachelor, master, or MBA) students from all over the world are welcome to join the challenge. By teams of two, with one male and one female member, they will submit a case study illustrating their ideas for innovative energy management solutions in cities for one of the five basic business challenge topics.

In 2013 when Alyssa Tricia Eloise Vintola and Lorenz Ray Payonga of the Ateneo de Manila University won the Grand Prize with their Oscillohump, a device that absorbs and stores energy generated from cars going through speedbumps. In 2015, John Paul Santos and Christian Sta. Romana of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines grabbed the third prize of the global competition with their Electrifilter project, which generates electricity as it cleanses waste water. Energy management in smart cities has received increasing attention from students around the world. Attracting more than 12,800 registered participants from 168 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.