UAE Youth Green Challenge winners announced

UAE Youth Green Challenge winners announced

DUBAI / WAM Schneider Electric has announced Rochester Institute of Technology-Dubai (RIT-Dubai) as the winners of the UAE Youth Green Challenge — a collaborative initiative with the Arab Youth Centre (AYC). The winning project was led by Hariharan Ramesh and Farkh Leka Hashimy from Rochester Institute of Technology-Dubai (RIT-Dubai). Designed to inspire UAE university students ...

DUBAI / WAM

Schneider Electric has announced Rochester Institute of Technology-Dubai (RIT-Dubai) as the winners of the UAE Youth Green Challenge — a collaborative initiative with the Arab Youth Centre (AYC). The winning project was led by Hariharan Ramesh and Farkh Leka Hashimy from Rochester Institute of Technology-Dubai (RIT-Dubai). Designed to inspire UAE university students to share their innovative solutions for decarbonising the industrial sector, the initiative is part of an ongoing programme between Schneider Electric and the Arab Youth Centre.

The winning project, an interactive organic waste management app entitled ‘Eco Sync’ was among the six shortlisted submissions and assessed by a panel of expert judges. The project was awarded for delivering excellence across six key pillars: Innovation and Creativity, Environmental Impact, Feasibility and Scalability, Potential for Implementation, Communication and Presentation, and Interdisciplinary Collaboration. The app is designed based on a circularity model, aimed at transforming