Saturday, September 29, 2012

Tree Counting

Images from the tree counting drive held at our campus by Neuro-Green team.....

Many would be surprised to know that our campus premises has a total of 1469 trees. Maybe that is why this is one of the most scenic campuses around.
Varun Kumar

Aditya

 S Sai Arun Karthik and Abhilash Reddy
                                               
                                                                              Aditya

Poster Making

Creativity at its best was revealed when our team brought about wonderful ideas for poster making campaign .This would be a great measure to motivate people about our efforts



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.