I AM SECONDARY SCHOOL CHALLENGE
I AM Secondary School
Green
building competition Written by TTCSI
The Trinidad and Tobago Coalition of Services Industries, in collaboration with the Trinidad and Tobago Green Building Council (TTGBC), Ministry of Environment and Water Resources and the United States Embassy, awarded secondary schools for participating in the “I AM Green Building Secondary School Competition.”
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2nd Place winner - Swaha Hindu College, Sangre Grande 3rd Place winner - Tabaquite Secondary School Most Enthusiastic - Barrackpore Secondary Best Drawing - Belmont Secondary Most Original Presentation - Hillview College
This is the second year for the “I AM” Competition, which encouraged third and fourth form students to create a project that would make their school compound more environmentally friendly. Students from more than 50 schools were challenged to incorporate green building principles, demonstrate effective use of energy efficiency, as well as create a culture of research and critical thinking. The winner of this year’s competition was the Debe High School, where the students identified their problem as the continuous running of an electric pump, which burns natural gas to supply oxygen to an aquaculture system on their school premises. In order to improve energy efficiency, the students showed a step-by-step plan of a pump being powered by the use of solar panels. The students were applauded for their innovation. The Minister in the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Ms Ramona Ramdial, delivered the feature address.
Sasha Chaitram, Marketing Officer of SBCS, presents Tabaquite Secondary School with the 3rd prize.
Hillveiw College copped the Most Original Presentation.
Honourable Minister Ramona Ramdial, Minister of State in the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, presents the first prize to Debe High School at TTCSI's I AM Secondary School Green Building Competition, which took place during TTCSI's National Services Week 2014 at the Trinidad Hilton Hotel, Port-of-Spain. Belmont Secondary steal the prize for the Best Drawing, which was presented by Cynthia Gloria Hayes, TTCSI Board Member/ immediate Past President of Project Management Institute Southern Caribbean Chapter.
The United States Embassy's Public Affairs Officer, Stephen Weeks presents IPADS to the 2nd place winners.
Barrackpore West Secondary School took the prize for the Most Enthusiastic, which was presented by Honourable Minister Ramona Ramdial, Minister of State in the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources.
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