SOLAR FLOATIE
A Low-Cost Solar Concentrator for Co-Generation & An Open Innovation Model for Sustainable Development
Winner of the Patel Family Award for Project with Most Immediate Social Impact
Winner of Best Interdisciplinary Project for Cross Campus Capstone Classroom
Honourable Mention of Best Project Related to Social Impact
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#ExperienceYU: C4 - York University's Cross-Campus Capstone Classroom
THE PROBLEM
Lack of Sustainable Rural Electrification
Our team believes that all communities should be able to benefit from contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and should also be able to take advantage of affordable, clean energy. As a result, our project revolves around this question: how can we make solar energy more accessible and sustainable for remote, off-grid communities?
WHO ARE WE?
We're a capstone team of York University students, ranging from mechanical engineers, humanities, space engineers, global politics, electrical engineers, and international development studies majors. Our supervisor is Dr. Thomas Cooper.
We're interested in solutions that benefit the communities around us, and enable them to do so for themselves.
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