Carbon Footprint Challenge 2019!

What is the Carbon Footprint Challenge?

The Carbon Footprint Challenge is an open innovation initiative that bring forward ideas to reduce our carbon footprint. The Challenge is a Unitech initiative, enabled by the corporate partners with the support of the Unitech community and its academic partners.

 Focus areas

• Carbon compensation
• Increase Process Efficiency (Energy efficiency, Waste reduction)
• More sustainable resources and raw materials along the value chain
• More sustainable energy sources
• Carbon Sequestration Technologies
  Carbon Capture & Storage

Prize

The winning team is rewarded with up to CHF 10 000 to support the realization of the idea.

How does it work?

Innovators = your students!

1. Register on innovation platform - https://carbonfootprintchallenge.org !
2. The innovators submit their idea to the platform and creates a team.
   If the idea holder does not have a complete team from start, no worries! There is a good chance to find the needed team member on the platform.
3. The ideas are collaboratively develop with input from experienced professionals from the industry and top universities.
4. The top five ideas are invited to the final event in Zurich where the teams get coaching and workshops to prepare them for the final pitch. The winning team is rewarded with up to CHF 10 000 to support the realization of the idea!

Timeline

• 1st of May : Launch
• 7th July: Idea submission closes
• 8th-11th July: Top 25 teams to next round
• 12th July: Development phase opens
• 28th July: Development phase closes
• 30th July-2nd August:Top five teams are chosen
• 5th August: Finalists announcement
• Beginning of September: Final event!

Website where to register, in order to participate

https://carbonfootprintchallenge.org

Contact information

Covestro: tove.jensen@covestro.com
Buhler: samantha.oconnor_balsillie@buhlergroup.com