Schneider Electric India Foundation’s ‘Conserve My Planet’ program declares New Delhi’s ‘Green Champion 2014’

Held at Ambience Public School, the ‘Green Championship 2014’ program is designed to spread awareness about energy conservation and environmental protection

Winner Venkateshwara International School

Schneider Electric India Foundation (SEIF) – the social commitment of Schneider Electric India, today organised the grand finale of ‘Green Championship 2014’ under its ‘Conserve My Planet’ program at Ambience Public School, in Safdarjung Enclave. More than 300 Green Ambassadors between 10 and 13 years of age (along with 20 teachers) from 10 reputed Delhi schools participated in the Green Championship event, with Ms. Advaita Bhatia from Venkateshwara International School being declared the ‘Green Champion 2014’ for New Delhi. Mr Sreekumar Cr, VP, Power, Infrastructure & Industry Services, Schneider Electric India was the Chief Guest at the event. He presided over the Power Pledge. As the Guest of Honour, Mr Srinivas Surapani, Vice President – Commercial Excellence, Schneider Electric spoke about the impact of this program in Delhi, followed by awarding the winners.

Elaborating on the event, Mr Abhimanyu Sahu, Director – CSR, Schneider Electric India Pvt. Ltd, said: “Conserve My Planet initiative by Schneider Electric is a novel educational program conceptualised to address the critical energy crisis. It seeks to spread awareness among young minds about the importance of conserving energy and protecting the environment. Being held in six cities across India, the ‘Green Championship’ is the concluding event of the ‘Conserve My Planet’ program for 2014, with Delhi being the first city to host its grand finale, and each city having its individual ‘Green Champion’.”

‘Conserve My Planet’ is an educational program by Schneider Electric India Foundation conceptualized to address the crucial energy crisis and to educate young minds about the importance of conserving energy and protecting the environment. The program covers 6 cities of India (Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Chennai) and is aimed at students of age group 10 to 13 years. All participating schools are diligently selected for the program and stand together as a proud community called the Green Republic. All selected students of the Green Republic are termed Green Ambassadors. The ‘Green Championship’ is the concluding event of the ‘Conserve My Planet’ program for 2014.

For ‘Green Championship 2014’, ‘Conserve My Planet’ held a school-level contest to choose the school champions. All 1000 registered Green Ambassadors from 10 reputed school campuses of Delhi answered a general quiz, and participated in a debate. Thereafter, 10 chosen school champions locked horns during pre-finals at Ambience Public School, displaying their working model on the given concept. The top five were then shortlisted for the finals at Ambience Public School, where they displayed a PPT presentation of their working models. The final School Champion was then declared the ‘Green Champion 2014’ for New Delhi.

Different categories winners were honoured by Schneider Electric. These winners were:

• Best School: Venkateshwara International School, Dwarka
• Best Teacher Coordinators : Ms. Anjana and Ms. Shalu – Rainbow International, Janakpuri
• Best Campaigner School Delhi Police Public School, Sajdarjung Enclave
• Best Campaigner: Ms. Anushka Baweja, Delhi Police Public School, Sajdarjung Enclave
• Energy Star School: The school that saved the most electricity during the CMP execution period was Venkateshwara International School, Dwarka
• Energy Star Green Ambassador: Isha Chowdhry- Summer Fields School, Kailash Colony
• Energy Star Teacher: Ms Isha Chowdhry, GBN School, Faridabad

After seven successful years of the program, SEIF has more than 17,000 trained Green Ambassadors in six cities. Till date, the program has registered 262 schools with 528 Change-makers (Teacher coordinators) and the Green Ambassadors sensitizing more than 1.5 million adults through indoor and outdoor movements with energy savings of 200,000+ KwH of energy.

Green Ambassadors are trained to undertake energy audits, evaluate energy consumption at homes, and conduct green certification of schools while building energy-conscious communities around them. They receive industry exposure and contribute to hands-on projects, while participating in numerous contests and team activities such as presentations, group discussions and preparation of energy audit reports of their campuses via interactive classroom sessions and unique outdoor activities.

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