Asia's largest science and technology festival organized by the student community of IIT-Bombay
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Friday, September 28, 2012
Monday, September 24, 2012
Tree Plantation Drive
Tree Plantation carried out in our college campus. Not only were trees planted, but also sunflowers planted earlier were extracted and would further be processed to manufacture sunflower oil. Thus, proving that tree plantation is not only a noble need to promote greenery but it also leads to profitable ventures.
Energy
Energy is the most basic need of any organism. We are exploiting all possible resources available to fulfill our ever increasing demand. There is an acute need of solutions through which we could fulfill our demands without relentlessly harming our environment.
The following is the task list under this domain:
Task EN 01 Points: 20
Go to the sites where renewable
sources are in use and prepare a case study.
Doc: Prepare a proper report of the procedure
followed. Calculate the energy savings achieved due to the usage of renewable
compared to the usage if it was non-renewable.
Photo: Submit proper Photos with your team during the site visits.
Video: Submit Video
of the site and interviewing at least 2 officials on the site working on the
site. The site should not be the part of college campus.
Task EN 02 Points: 20
Select an energy resource/ raw
material which can be used as an alternative for petrol and state logical
reasons.
Doc: Submit a Document
comparing the positives and negatives of the alternate source which you think
is the best usage and the scope of practical application in India. Mention
proper references for full credit.
Task EN 03 Points: 20
Write an article on environment
issue/ publish the article given by us in the campus magazine.
Doc: Documentation
should have complete article, written interdependently, with references
mentioned.
Photo: Photos
of the published article.
Task EN 04 Points: 20
A no lights hour in the campus:
hostel etc. (except emergency lights) modeled along the lines of Earth.
Photos: Submit Photos showing covered area under the
task.
Video: A 10 min Video
covering a good amount of area during the hour.
Task EN 05 Points: 30
Replace atleast 20 incandescent
light bulbs in one full block or department of your campus. Calculate energy
savings and make the report public.
Doc: Submit a report on how the task is executed.
Attach if any official procedure involved and the bills of the newly bought
ones.
Photo: Submit Photos
of the replaced ones in the places where there are more number of bulbs and
lights involved. Both before and after the change.
Video: Submit a 2 min Video covering a good amount of area in the block/department
showing the change.
Task EN 06 Points: 30
Analyze your college
electricity bill and find ways to reduce the expenditure.
Doc: Analyze your electricity bill and the usage
and try to reduce it to make it the most energy efficient. Make a tabulation of
previous usage analysis of a power consuming source and the possible best usage
for it.
Photo: Submit Photos
of major appliances and copies of electricity bills.
Task EN 07 Points: 30
Prepare a write up on all
interesting energy conservation campaigns in the last decade and state how
their ideas can be implemented today.
Doc: Documentation with proper references, including a report of your
views and the ideas which can be implemented from institute level itself.
Task EN 07 Points: 30
Think on
how the structure of vehicles can affect the average output they give and try
to overcome the drawbacks by presenting innovative ideas.
Doc: Documentation
of your ideas stating the reasons with proper references.
Photo: Photos
of the vehicles analyzed and their modified design.
Task EN 09 Points: 30
Analyze the biogas plants near
to you, their usage and potential
Doc: Documentation
containing detailed report about the analysis and suggest alternatives or
improvements if any
Photo: Submit Photos
of biogas plant showing your visit.
Task EN 10 Points: 30
Energy audit of a small
industry/campus.
Doc: Complete energy audit in detailed report.
Photo: Submit Photos
of the campus/industry during the visit.
Task EN 11 Points: 50
Prepare a food product using
solar based devices and compare it with the normal energy resources used.
Doc: General Documentation
of the used products and equipment used. Comparison of the report of the two
different modes of preparation of food.
Photo: Submit some pictures taken while the
procedure is being done.
Task EN 12 Points: 50
Prepare a study on how you can
minimize the fuel expenditure in your area/ neighborhood by improvising the
transport.
Doc: Prepare a report about the alternative
transport systems with proper references.
Photo: If you have visited and analyzed live
situations, take pictures of those and present a report on this to make it more
like an interactive survey and form a report on this.
Task EN 13 Points: 60
Draw (10) and implement (50)
the features of green architecture in your workplace/house.
Doc: Submit general report of the implemented technique
and advantages from that.
Photo: Submit pictures of the implemented technique
gradually varying before, during and after the process.
Task EN 14 Points: 10+60
a. Suggest various renewable
energy power sources for some or all of your campus b. Execution of the best
possible alternate renewable energy source (Min capacity 1.5 KW)
Doc: Submit the proofs of the official procedure
involved and any important person of your campus involved. Details of the
installation and number of locations.
Photos: Submit the pictures
of the installed systems
Video: Submit a simple 2 min Video of working procedure of any of the system. During execution,
continuous monitoring and updated Videos
should be sent.
Task EN 15 Points: 80
Organize a Lecture on Nuclear power
in India followed by a debate on the same topic.
Doc: Submit a report for the event giving detailed
description of the topics covered during the lecture and the debate with its
conclusion.
Photo: Submit Photos
showing the lecture and turnout (population) for the debate.
Video: A 2 minute Video for every part of task.
Task EN 16 Points: 10+90
a. Establish energy
conservation council in your institution approved by administration b. State
your short term and long term plans, execute any one of them.
Doc: Submit approval copy and report showing the
policies and plans (Both short term and long term) of the council.
Photo: Photos
of execution of plan should be submitted.
Video: Submit 2-3 min Video of plan during execution.
Task EN 17 Points: 50+20+50
a. Calculate the energy
consumption pattern of your campus
b. Make an improved and
efficient alternate energy plan for an entire college
c. 20% (in terms of KW/MW)
execution of the alternate energy plan submitted
Doc: Make an alternate energy plan of the whole
campus involving minimum energy usage in every part of the college or campus.
It will not depend on the size of the campus but the efficiency of the energy
usage that could be achieved if this is implemented. Get a letter signed by the
faculty who helped you in doing this if any. Scanned copy of the authorized Document, supporting to the tasks
Photo: Submit Photos
of places you covered for your study.
Task EN 18 Points: 150
Install energy
conserving/monitoring gadgets/appliance like sensors or timers in at least 20
appliances/ equipment.
Doc: Detailed report containing all the information
about the conserved/monitored gadgets and appliances, you have used. You have
to install sensors or timers separately for the completion of task.
Photo: Submit at least 3 Photos in different states showing the working of task given.
Video: Video showing the working of installations.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
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