Energy Oasis

ZEB @ BCA Academy trip

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On 7 Jan 2011, a learning journey was organized by the club for about 40 CER students to visit the Zero Energy Building at BCA Academy. There, the students were briefed about the design and retrofitting of the platinum, green mark certified building and the various energy saving features incorporated into the building. It will take 20 years to recover the cost. Examples of the green features the students were exposed to are solar assisted ventilation system, mirror duct, light pipe, light shelf, greenery system etc. It was indeed an eye opening experience for all..

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A learning journey to Clean Energy Asia 2010 Trade Fair (3 Nov)

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A learning trip was organized on 3 November 2010 for about 30 CER students to attend the Clean Energy Asia 2010 trade fair, a part of Singapore International Energy Week, jointly organized by the Energy Market Authority (EMA) and the Energy Studies Institute (ESI).

At the trade fair, various advanced clean energy systems and accessories such as vertical wind systems, HIT photovoltaic modules, green cars and oil recovery and purification systems were showcased by the leading Cleantech companies worldwide. The students used the opportunity to get familiarized with the companies, products and technological advancement in clean energy industries. The knowledge gained has enriched the students.

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Singapore G1 Race

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A group of students have recently participated in the first Singapore G1 Race held at Marina Bay.

During the holidays, these students spent many days in school learning and watching our first ever G1 car made in Temasek Polytechnic Clean Energy Centre.

During the race, they were serious and determined to win the race.

Despite the hot weather, the team persevered and successfully completed the all the races.

Many of our students went down to Marina bay and given their support for our G1 team and cheering them up.

We are proud to say that Temasek Poly had won the 2nd place for the G1 race!

Temasek Poly G1 Team Ambassadors

Here is the video of the final race against NTU.

Photographer & Videographer: Zen

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Malaysia Trip

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About 50 students went to Clean Energy's Malaysia Study Trip. We visited Universities learning about Palm Oil and Solar Cars.

We learnt many things, how useful palm oil is, how solar cars are made and tested.

We were also shown how to make 1liter of fuel more efficient and how biodiesel is made.

We also had fun during the trip, such as meeting Michael the orangasli, who taught us how to use a blowpipe. Some of us got the chance to use it, the target, a stuffed monkey.

We also had a chance to visit their houses to see how they live.

We also had a trekking expedition through the forest. It was a really unique experience, one we will remember.

A lot of fun times were made, and things learnt and a valuable experience indeed.

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Environmental Care Awareness Talk by invited speaker, Mr Howard Shaw, SEC Executive President, for CER Students

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Journey Towards Environmental Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunity.

On 7 July 2010, in the midst of Saving Gaia Green Initiatives by Mediacorp and various green events in conjunction with Earth Day 2010, the CER student club, Energy Oasis, did our part by organizing an environmental care awareness talk for CER/MIE students at Lt 29.

Through the Course Manager, Mr Wong Cho Loo, Energy Oasis invited Mr Howard Shaw, the Executive President of Singapore Environment Council (SEC) for giving an educational talk titled Journey Towards Environmental Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunity.

About 80 CER/MIE students attended the 1 hour talk that took place at Lt 29.

Instead of making it another green talk that aimed to instill the feeling of fear by highlighting the environmental gloom and doom, Mr Howard Shaw skillfully captivated the audience by inspiring them to empower themselves throught the belief that nobody and no effort is too insignificant.

Among some interesting points he raised in the talk are:

“Singapore is a small nation that consumes less than 5% of world energy. Therefore, whatever we do, it can’t make a significant impact..”, this pessimistic perception is now challenged by the big splash that Singapore is making through exporting our cutting edge water reclamation and management technology in a Big Way.

“Wind power is not feasible in Singapore as the average wind speed is less than 6 m/s..” However, anyone standing by the side of PIE, TPE or ECP surely can feel a much higher wind speed, swirled up by the passing-by vehicles. It is heartening to know that an innovative prototype has been invented by an engineering student in Singapore to harness this special wind power and the prototype is undergoing evaluation by LTA now.

Indeed, it was an inspiring talk. Mr Howards ended the talk by saying that “Two types of person who will firmly believe and advocate environmental sustainability; someone who has seen the worst disaster or someone who has seen the most beautiful scene on earth and I encourage you all to explore and see the most beautiful scene on earth.”

As a token of appreciation to Mr Howard for his sharing, we recycled a silicon wafer and fabricated a little “Green” memento using the solar cell processing technology in our clean room. He was delighted by our little green thought..

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