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Generating energy by working out at the gym, checking real-time energy consumption & exploiting Technion\u2019s position on the slopes of the Carmel<\/h2>\n Generating energy by working out at the gym, checking real-time energy consumption & exploiting Technion\u2019s position on the slopes of the Carmel<\/h2>\nGreen dynamo \u2013 exploiting the potential difference in water flow;<\/p>\n
Energy screen \u2013 displaying data about energy conservation;<\/p>\n
Fitness club \u2013 exploiting energy generated by working out.<\/p>\n
These are the three submissions that won the first-of-its-kind competition held at the Technion on the subject of energy conservation. Tens of proposals were submitted to the panel of judges headed by Technion President, Prof. Peretz Lavie, and comprising Technion researchers and representatives of the Israel Electric Company. Of the 13 submissions that made it to the final round, three won.<\/p>\n
Green dynamo \u2013 The submission by student Philip Auchman, of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, won first prize. He proposed exploiting the Technion\u2019s surplus water pressure, which is high thanks to the Technion\u2019s position on the slopes of the Carmel Mountain. \u201cBy using a simple device, a type of turbine that penetrates the pipe and rotates a dynamo, we can create energy,\u201d he explains. \u201cBecause of the steep slope on which the Technion is situated, wide use is made of pressure reducers, and in my opinion, we can exploit this pressure to generate energy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Noam Berkovitz, from the Technion\u2019s Computerization and Information Systems Division, won second place with his proposal to place \u201cenergy screens\u201d around the campus. These screens would display information about the real-time energy use in each building and even warn about energy over-consumption.<\/p>\n
Doron Laor, a student in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, won third place. He proposed using the energy produced by users of the Technion\u2019s fitness club to generate energy. \u201cPeople in the fitness club burn calories and we can exploit their activities to generate energy,\u201d he says. \u201cFor example, all the runners or walkers on the different apparatuses can generate energy by their activity, which can operate the air conditioners.\u201d<\/p>\n
Itzik Romano, the Technion\u2019s electrical engineer, said that ten divisions in the institute had managed, over the past four years, to save over five million shekels worth of energy and additional faculties are set to join the Technion project to save energy. \u201cThe competition that we held is one more step in our efforts to save energy and increase awareness about saving,\u201d he emphasizes.<\/p>\n
The competition was held in cooperation with Tal Goldrath and the Technion\u2019s \u201cGreen Campus\u201d team, the Samuel Neaman Institute, and the Israel Electric Company.<\/p>\n
Executive Vice President and Director General of the Technion, Dr. Avital Stein, who awarded the prizes to the three winners, said that not for nothing is the Technion known worldwide for the creativity of its students and graduates, and the winning submissions are further proof of this.<\/p>\n