‘Cooling the Planet’
A Young Members Technical Project Competition
Competition Final - Thursday 5th March 2009
1.30pm – 4.30 pm
Lecture Theatre
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
1 Birdcage Walk
London SW1H 9JJ
1.30pm: Registration and Refreshments (Marble Hall)
2.00pm: Welcome and Introduction
2.20 – 3.25pm Session 1 - Geoengineering Approaches
2.20pm “Artificial Trees” – Team based at STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire , UK
2.35pm “Building Integrated Biofuel from Algae” - BH Young Engineers based at Buro Happold, London , UK
2.50pm “Reflective Roofing” – Team based at Jaguar Land Rover, Coventry/Warwick, UK
3.05pm Break – Judging Committee Meeting
3.15pm Announcement of Winners and Prizes
3.25 – 4.30pm Session 2 – Mitigation Approaches
3.25pm “Carbon capture and Storage” – Team UNITEN Elite based at University Tenaga Nasional, Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
3.40pm “Waste to Biochar Hydro-Pyrolysis” – Planet AECOM, Faber Maunsell, London , UK
3.55pm “Biogas CHP” – Team Glow based at Buro Happold, Bath , UK
4.10pm Break – Judging Committee Meeting
4.20pm Announcement of Winners and Prizes
4.30pm Event Closure