Chemical engineering students take Walmart green challenge
Three Waterloo chemical engineering students beat out teams from across the country to win the firstĀ Walmart Green Student Challenge on February 29 at the TMX Broadcast Centre in Toronto. The fourth-year students – Arthur Yip, Jake Yeung, Alan Thai – came out on top with their idea of an integrated energy hub for retail distribution centres. The hub is intended to integrate solar rooftop panels, be connected to the smart electricity grid to provide grid balancing and auxiliary services, and produce net economic benefits estimated at $1.35 million per year over 20 years. [news release]