Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire Loyal Leaders submitted an entry into this year’s Waterline Summit Student Sustainability Challenge, led by Marketing Humber and sponsored by Equinor and SSE Thermal, the challenge encourages students across region aged 9 to 18 to make a positive impact on communities and the environment by coming up with climate change solutions.
Pictured: The Waterline Summit Final Winners ENL UTC 2022
The Loyal Leaders are made up of eight year 10 students Ethan, Bailey, Nicole, Lila, Rob, Oliver, Filip and Jacob. These students act as ENL UTC’s school council for their own year group meeting regularly, being the voice of their peers and bringing fresh new ideas and suggestions to the UTC.
Team members developed and implemented an energy pledge at Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire, investigated ways to reduce energy consumption and is now working with the Finance Manager and Facilities Manager to cut the school’s energy bills by a third. This was submitted earlier in the year and the students won £250 for making it to the finals.
Some of the change’s students have implemented within the school working alongside the premises & finance manager are automatic shutdown of all PC’s, reminding teaching and support staff to turn off any lights in classrooms, arranging the cleaning of all solar panels on the roofing and installation of netting to keep wildlife away from them, making them more efficient in producing solar power and much more. The students also created an Energy Pledge for family, friends, students and business to sign.
The winners of the Waterline Student Sustainability Challenge, which encourages young people across the Humber to come up with their own eco solutions, were announced at the summit earlier this month.
The Loyal Leaders, from Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire, won the top prize of £2,000 for their school and a trip to Norway with sponsor Equinor.
Anesta McCullagh principal of Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire, said: “We are incredibly proud of our students and the work they have done not only towards the Sustainability Challenge but to make a difference to a real-life issue that everyone is currently feeling the effects of.
They have been able to make a significant contribution to lowering the school’s energy usage which is something the students should be really proud of.
We would like to thank everyone involved in The Waterline Summit Sustainability Challenge 2022 and for the opportunity this has given young people in our area!”
Students attending the session also enjoyed a talk from three-time Olympic champion cyclist Ed Clancy OBE, who shared his tips on how to succeed in even the most high-pressure environments.
The Waterline Summit Student Sustainability Challenge 2022 was supported by Equinor and SSE Thermal.
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Further information about The Waterline Student Sustainability Challenge is available via https://thewaterline.global/students/
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