MAE team EcoBuilding won top prize in the inaugural ENGIE x NTUitive Innovation Challenge 2020
Team EcoBuilding, a team of MAE students, took home the top prize at the inaugural ENGIE x NTU Innovation Challenge with the development and implementation of a prototype that enables the air-conditioning system to be controlled by artificial intelligence (AI).
Team EcoBuilding developed a system of multi-parameter sensing for predictive controls of air-conditioning. The system uses multiple parameters to make predictive decision on air-conditioning control as opposed to only temperature in conventional systems. The team was mentored by industry executives in sustainability, energy and smart city technology, and received S$10,000 grant for prototyping and test bedding. Over an 8-month period, the team was given special access to the facilities of the JurongHealth Campus (Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and Jurong Community Hospital) to test bed their prototype as solution to energy-efficiency and smart building. They achieved more than 20% energy savings and improved comfort through machine learning of room occupancy and air quality metrics.
Open to all university students in Singapore, the inaugural ENGIE x NTU Innovation Challenge is jointly organised by ENGIE Factory Asia-Pacific, the innovation arm of ENGIE Asia Pacific, and NTUitive, the innovation and enterprise company of NTU Singapore. The final judging of the top three teams was held on 24 June 2020. Team EcoBuilding emerged as the winning team.
Team EcoBuilding consists of the following members:
Mr. Yang Shiyu (MAE PhD student and ERI@N research associate)
Mr. Nithiakuhan Uthayakumar (MAE UG final year student)
Mr. Yeo Wei Jie (MAE UG final year student)
