DLSU-Manila wins Go Green in the City 2018
AN app that packages all things renewable into one mobile application. That was the concept that gave Team Green Goldies from the De La Salle University-Manila the edge over 400 entries nationwide that participated in Go Green in the City 2018 Philippine Country Finals held at the Holiday Inn & Suites, Makati on August 14, 2018
An initiative of energy and management and automation group Schneider Electric, Go Green in the City is an annual global business case challenge designed to empower students to unleash their skills and creativity in creating the next big innovation to promote smart cities and green energy management.
The competition, now on its eight year in the country, seeks to enable Filipino students to be more proactive in dealing and addressing global problems. Schneider Electric also strengthens its bid for women empowerment by having at least one female student in each participating team.
For 2018, students were invited to submit their bold ideas in one
From left to right: Philippine Energy Efficiency Alliance President and Blue Sky Energy Corporation CEO Alexander Ablaza, Schneider Electric Philippines CFO Douglas Luiz De Camargo, Schneider Electric Philippines Country President Alexandre Vermot, 2018 Go Green in the City Philippine Champions Don Emmanuel Santamaria and Fae Nicole Serrano, Philippine Green Building Initiative Executive Vice President and COO Amado De Jesus, Jr., and ABS- CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation, Inc.-Bantay Kalikasan Program Director Jen Santos. renewable energy investments and the low level awareness with regards to it.
Their victory follows the 2017 Country Finals win of DLSU-Manila students Iliana Benice Tan and Aaron Jules Del Rosario who
project, a design that absorbs the heat being received by building from the sun and converts it into energy for a building’s own cooling system.
The Philippine Country Finalists of Go Green in the City 2018 were Syd Ian Matthew De Ama (Far Eastern University) and Chelsea Kate Lavilla (University of Sto. Tomas) aka Team Foodies; Don Emmanuel Santamaria and Fae Nicole Serrano (De La Salle University-Manila) aka Team Green Goldies; and, Earle Kit Sanchez (MAPUA Institute of Technology) and Kathlyn Mae Yap (De La Salle University) aka Team OffTheGrid.
- petition, Team OffTheGrid presented their GG Tap and Power Glass project which served the
purpose of maximizing daily water consumption to generate electricity. Taking home the second runner-up spot was Team Foodies who created a project called The Green Cycle, a mobile application that serves as a two-part solution using logistics and energy generation to address the world’s food waste problem.
Judging and evaluating their ideas were Schneider Electric Philippines Country President Alexandre Vermot, Schneider Electric Philippines CFO Douglas Luiz De
- ciency Alliance President and Blue Sky Energy Corporation CEO Alexander Ablaza, Philippine Green Building Initiative Executive Vice President and COO Amado De Jesus, Jr., and ABS- CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation, Inc. - Bantay Kalikasan Program Director Jen Santos.
Team Green Goldies was awarded Php 100,000 and will also receive mentorship from Schneider Electric Philippines’ team of experts to prepare for the Asia
Pacific Regional Finals on August 28-29, 2018 where they will be representing the Philippines. They will be competing against the respective country winners of Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Alexandre Vermot, country president, Schneider Electric Phil-
“young Filipino talents have what it takes to rise as global leaders of innovation and sustainability.’”
“In recent years, the Philippines has consistently ranked in the regional and global competitions. In 2013, we took home the global championship. In 2015, the Philippines grabbed the third prize of the global competition. And for 2014, 2016 and 2017, our local teams have been strong con-
Vermot said.
“So for this year, let’s aim to continue this streak and secure a
if not the grand prize,” he added.