2013 COMPETITION
Full story and photos — “Creative energy harvest and storage ideas top energy and sustainability competition”
2013 WINNERS
Dvorak Energy Innovation Prize
Top prize, $5,000
JouleJack — simultaneously cools a laptop computer and uses the heat to generate electricity.
Runner-up
Modified Windmill — a redesigned, urban wind turbine
Global Stewards Sustainability Prize
Top prize, $5,000
Let Sand Work — uses a looped system of underground quicksand pits and specially designed turbines and generators to store and convert energy harvested from renewables into electricity.
Honorable mention
KLEE — a revolutionary method that draws on social media and other user-generated online resources to map land use in urban spaces.
TIMELINE
2013-2014 timeline to be announced.
An umbrella contest for:
Two ways to compete and win up to $10,000!
Bold thinking will drive efforts to protect and preserve our changing planet in the 21st century. University of Wisconsin-Madison students are ready for the challenge.
Students have the opportunity to hone creative solutions through the new Wisconsin Energy & Sustainability Challenge. This challenge combines an existing competition the Global Stewards Sustainability Prize with a new competition called the Dvorak Energy Innovation Prize. Through both competitions, $10,000 in total prizes ($5,000 for first prize in each) will be available to students with the best energy and sustainability solutions.
All UW-Madison students are eligible. Both competitions will be held on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 in the new Wisconsin Energy Institute building. Submissions are due on Friday April 5th, 2013.
Learn more about the Dvorak prize and the Global Stewards Sustainability Prize here and register to compete today!