Go Green in the City finalists unveiled

Schneider Electric has announced the 12 teams that will compete in the final round of the company’s Go Green in the City competition. The competition objective is for students from around the world to find innovative energy solutions for smart cities.

The teams that will take part in the final in Paris from 19–22 September 2016 are:

• Anemoi (Germany)
• Cyclicity (Canada)
• DeLight (Azerbaijan)
• Green Dreamers (China)
• Green Link (China)
• Holoenergy — energy for all (Brazil)
• Scarf (Indonesia);
• SolarWay (United Arab Emirates)
• Spartans (India)
• Team Achievers (Kenya)
• The Mavericks (India)
• Xponential (China–Hong Kong SAR).

The finalists have eight weeks to prepare their presentations and get ready for Q&A sessions with a panel of experts. Each team will continue to receive support from their appointed Schneider Electric mentors, who have helped the teams develop ideas and business cases, focusing on impacts, user needs, feasibility and return on investment.

“This competition raises awareness of Schneider Electric among thousands of students worldwide, enabling them to see how it would be a great place for them to work one day. It is also an opportunity to share the group’s ambition of innovating at every level to help rethink industries, transform cities and enrich the lives of citizens through energy management technology and automation,” said James Nathan, enterprise account manager at Schneider Electric Canada and a mentor on the past four Go Green in the City competitions.

Launched in 2011, Go Green in the City offers engineering and business students a chance to present their innovative energy management ideas for the smart cities of the future. Participants must propose an energy management solution to meet the needs of smart cities in one of the five areas: residential, universities, business, hospitals or water management. Each team must include at least one woman.

This year Go Green in the City received more than 16,400 applications for the competition, up from 12,800 in 2015.