{"id":30036,"date":"2012-07-10T09:56:31","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T09:56:31","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:42:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:42:43","slug":"5036-university-students-compete-to-find-low-carbon-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/5036-university-students-compete-to-find-low-carbon-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"University students compete to find low-carbon solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Post by Zhang Yingying, assistant editor in <\/em>chinadialogue&#8217;<em>s Beijing office<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On July 5, I attended the second &ldquo;ENN Cup&rdquo; held by Peking University&rsquo;s Clean Development Mechanism club and saw for myself the passion of Chinese students for environmental design solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Some 90 products were entered into the competition, including clean-energy and low-carbon technologies, energy-management systems and other innovative low-carbon solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Competitors in the final round included a team from Huanan Polytechnic  University, who set out ideas for extending battery life in electric vehicles by using phase-changing materials. Meanwhile, the &ldquo;green innovation&rdquo; team from Zhongnan University presented an energy-saving air cleaning device, which uses solar power as an energy source and can absorb PM2.5, fine particulates that pose a hazard to human health.<\/p>\n<p>Ideas were also put forward for low-carbon building design. And, in the realm of clean-energy development, two entrants set out techniques for generating biodiesel from waste oil. Shanghai Jiaotong&rsquo;s entry &ldquo;Green unmanned ship&rdquo; attracted a great deal of attention from judges. But the final prize went to Tongji  University&rsquo;s project, which aims to use carbon-trading mechanisms to encourage universities to participate in energy saving activities.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the entrants exhibited a certain level of innovation, identified the energy sector&rsquo;s hottest topics and offered solutions. But ENN&rsquo;s head engineer and one of the panel judges Xue Zhi pointed out some problems: the ideas lacked market linkage and showed insufficient analysis of costs and too little competitiveness with comparable solutions, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Rao Rong, head of the Green Architecture Research Centre at Tsinghua University also pointed out necessary technical and design refinements.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article is translated and published here as part of our Green Growth project, a collaboration between chinadialogue and The Energy Foundation.<br \/>\n<\/em> <br \/>\n<em>Translated by <\/em>chinadialogue<em> volunteer&nbsp;Felix YH Tse<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Post by Zhang Yingying, assistant editor in chinadialogue&#8217;s Beijing office On July 5, I attended the second &ldquo;ENN Cup&rdquo; held by Peking University&rsquo;s Clean Development Mechanism club and saw for myself the passion of Chinese students for environmental design solutions. 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