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Invitation
Annual ‘Urja Day’
EDUCATION PARK SCHOOL, BHIKANGAON
Date: 9th January, 2015
Venue: Education Park School, KodlaJagir village, Khargone road, near
Bhikangaon, MP
Timing: 10 am to 4 pm
In this modern world, energy has become an integral part of our life. One cannot
think of living a single day without the use of energy in one form or other. We use
energy for cooking our food, cooling our spaces, travelling from one point to other,
transportation of food, watching TV, using our mobile phones, running machines in
industry, pumping water and so on. Since our daily life depends so much on use of
energy, our students should be aware of the way energy is produced, transported and
used. But more importantly students should know the limitation of our current
energy supply system (dominated by use of fossil fuels like coal, petrol and gas),
its negative impact on environment and other sustainable means of energy
generation and consumption; like solar, wind, biomass etc.
It is our great pleasure to announce celebration of Annual ‘Urja Day’ by ‘Education
Park School’ on 9th January, 2015 with the purpose to recognize the importance of
energy in our life, particularly the young minds of the country must recognize its
importance early in their life. Hopefully this understanding of energy and its
importance will help students to take appropriate decision on its generation and
usage, so that we can ensure sustainable life for humans on the Earth and protect our
mother nature.
We cordially invite you for this event full of science, art and technological activities.
Best Regards!
About ‘Education Park’
The Education Park is a non-profit organization which is set up to focus on three
main areas: Education, Energy and Economy. It is believed that these areas, if given
proper attention; can enable the balanced growth of the society.
Through Education Park we are trying to educate people of the society about Energy
Conservation, Environment Protection and use of sustainable and renewable energy
resources. Here, we are promoting the use of solar energy in our daily use. The
building of Education Park is based on ‘Solar passive architecture’, so that the
energy requirement of the building is minimized. The other requirement of energy
for running computer lab, water pump, street light etc. is completely generated using
solar energy. There is no electricity connection to the campus but there is 24 hour
availability of electricity through solar. In this way Education Park campus is zero
energy campus, which sustains its daily energy requirement within the boundary of
the campus with no additional input from outside. Education Park School runs
classes from LKG to 11th standard and it is spread across 14 acres. More details about
Education Park can be found at www.edupark.org
‘Urja Day’ Objectives
The objective of the annual celebration of ‘Urja Day’ is introducing students to solar
energy, energy conservation measures and providing them an opportunity to learn
and compete in the field of energy which is of great public interest.
On the day of celebration, several activities are planned wherein students can
participate, learn and demonstrate their knowledge and skills related to generation
and efficient use of energy, particularly solar energy. The detailed plan of activities
is given from the next section.
Technology
Visit /
workshop
Competitions
‘Urja Day’
Art
Quiz
Activities
Exhibitions
Students
Organizations
Detailed Plan of Activities
Activity 1
Activity Name: Demonstration of solar passive architecture of Education
Park campus
Activity Type: Visit
Time: 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 12:30 pm
Who can participate? : All participants
Prize: No prize will be given for this activity
There will be a guided tour for the students to the zero-energy campus of the
Education Park. The objective of zero-energy campus was achieved by incorporating
reduction in demand and sustainable supply of electricity like prevention and cure
in medical terms. Reduction in daily energy requirement is done with applying some
special architectural arrangements in design during the construction of the building.
A quiz competition will be also organized based on the facts related to design and
operation of the Education Park campus.
Detailed Plan of Activities
Activity 2
Activity Name: Exhibition by students
Activity Type: Competition (demonstration)
Time: Throughout the day
Who can participate? : Any student enrolled in school
Prize: Three prizes; 1st, 2nd and 3rd
Making of model to demonstrate scientific and technological concepts gives an
opportunity to students to feel the concepts. With this training they can adopt/modify
these technologies and use it in their own life or work on it to develop them further.
One of the key activities of ‘Urja Day’ is student’s participation in model making.
Students participating in this competition are encouraged to make models on
“ENERGY CONSERVATION AND ENERGY GENERATION”. There are
numerous examples around us where energy is being used in the form of electricity
of heat. Any concepts that can help us to reduce the energy consumption (or conserve
energy) is great contribution towards sustainable growth. As energy saved is energy
produced. At the same time, there is need to produce more and more energy to meet
our population and economic growth. Alternative way of energy generation and
consumption is also equally important. Students are encouraged to work on these
concepts and demonstrate to the world what they can do for saving and generating
energy. Students must make these model and bring it with them for the competition.
Space will be provided to the students to demonstrate their models to the
participants. Best three models will be awarded.
Detailed Plan of Activities
Activity 3
Activity Name: Exhibition by companies of sustainable energy products
Activity Type: Demonstration
Time: Throughout the day
Who can participate? : All participants
Prize: No prize will be given for this activity
Companies, NGOs and government agencies are invited to showcase their products
related to energy and its efficient use. Participants will be encouraged to visit the
demonstration booths to learn about latest development in energy technologies and
see the available commercial products.
Detailed Plan of Activities
Activity 4
Activity Name: Energy facts of Education Park Campus
Activity Type: Competition (Quiz)
Time: 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm
Who can participate? : Any student enrolled in school
Prize: 1st prize and 5 consolation prizes
Education Park Campus is designed based on solar passive architecture, in which
position of sun, direction of wind, building material, design etc. are taken into
account during building construction. In this quiz completion, energy facts related
to design and operation of Education Park campus will be asked.
Detailed Plan of Activities
Activity 5
Activity Name: Estimation of electricity consumption by electrical appliances
Activity Type: Competition (Quiz)
Time: 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm
Who can participate? : Any student enrolled in school
Prize: 1st prize and 5 consolation prizes
All our electrical home appliances use electricity. Their nature of work is different,
their rate of energy consumption is different, even their electricity consumption
serving the same purpose is different. More electricity we use, higher will be our
electricity bill. In our country, there is a huge gap between the demand and supply
of electricity. If we practically apply some basic principles of energy conservation
and energy efficiency, this gap can be greatly reduced. In this competition,
estimation of electricity used by different home appliances during given period of
operation will be asked. Analytical approach will be appreciated.
Detailed Plan of Activities
Activity 6
Activity Name: Indian electricity scenario
Activity Type: Competition (Quiz)
Time: 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm
Who can participate? : Any student enrolled in school
Prize: 1st prize and 5 consolation prizes
India generates its electricity using various primary resources of energy like: coal,
gas, hydro, solar and nuclear energy. We are 1.25 billion people, the 2nd largest
population in the world. But at the same time we are at the 12 th position in terms of
per capita energy consumption, lagging behind Nigeria and Indonesia. Per capita
energy consumption is one of the indicators of economic development and
development of other aspects of public life. For the economic growth of the country,
the uninterrupted energy supply is must but in case of attaining higher place in the
list of human development index (HDI), it is not always justifiable. It is possible to
attain the higher HDI with a lower per capita energy consumption rate. So, there is
a difference between need and deed and we are much below to the level of supplying
our needs. In this competition questions will be asked about Indian electricity
scenario like: how much electricity we generate, how much we use per person, how
many people do not get electricity, what could be the possible ways to supply
electricity needs to each and every citizen of the country etc.
Detailed Plan of Activities
Activity 7
Activity Name: Solar car race
Activity Type: Competition (technology)
Time: 12:00 noon, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm
Who can participate? : Any student enrolled in school
Prize: Two prizes; 1st and 2nd
Transportation sector uses more than 25% of total energy consumed in India, which
is the significant part of total energy consumption by a sector. It is an inseparable
part of our daily life and we can’t imagine the life without transportation means.
Most of the transportation means run with fossil fuel whether it is automobile, train,
ship or airplane, which is non-renewable and there is a calculated end of all of it in
near future. In order to have secure future energy needs of transportation, use of solar
energy is an important alternative. In the competition students will participate with
their car that runs on solar power (without using battery or stored energy of any
kind). Student’s car which will travel 25 meters in shortest period of time will be the
winner. The weight of the car should not be more than 500 grams.
Detailed Plan of Activities
Activity 8
Activity Name: Burn a paper with the help of sun light
Activity Type: Competition (technology)
Time: 12:00 noon, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm
Who can participate? : Any student enrolled in school
Prize: Two prizes; 1st and 2nd
Students may be aware of that by concentrating sun light one can burn paper using
sun light. It’s simple but can be tricky, practice well so that in competition you can
burn paper faster than anybody else, however notice that you are not allowed using
magnifying glass. Students have to design and make their own concentrating
devices. Higher the concentration of solar energy (energy per unit area), faster you
will be able to burn the paper. Concentrator size is not the only factor which helps
you to serve the purpose but the design is equally important. Devices of innovative
design serving the purpose will be appreciated.
Detailed Plan of Activities
Activity 9
Activity Name: Poster making
Activity Type: Competition (Art)
Time: 1:00 pm
Who can participate? : Any student enrolled in school
Prize: Best Poster/Drawing will be printed on our School Magazine
Students will draw posters on “ENERGY CONSERVATION AND ENERGY
GENERATION”. It’s a vast subject related to our day-to-day life as well as matter
of global concerns about energy and environment. Students have to make their
posters during the given time for competition. Posters can be informative, instructive
or based on futuristic imagination about the subject.
Detailed Plan of Activities
Activity 10
Activity Name: Heating up water with your home made solar cooker
Activity Type: Competition (technology)
Time: 12:00 noon, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm
Who can participate? : Any student enrolled in school
Prize: Two prizes; 1st and 2nd
Cooking the food requires heat or thermal energy, which normally we get from
various energy resources like: biomass, LPG (liquid petroleum gas), electricity etc.
Of which, using electricity for heating or cooking purposes is not an energy efficient
way to do this, LPG is not a renewable source of energy and using direct biomass is
neither environment friendly nor health conscious way of cooking the food. Direct
Solar energy in the form of heat is one of the potential alternatives to cook the food
having no such limitations and no running cost as well. In solar cooker, we
concentrate the sun light by different means e.g. reflectors or concentrators to
concentrate the solar radiation and heat the particular object (cooker). We are blessed
with plenty of sun light and use of solar energy can significantly reduce the fossil
energy demand to cook our food and improve our economic condition. Students have
to raise the temperature of water with the help of solar cooker designed and
fabricated by them. Students will be asked to heat up 0.5 litter of water to 55 degree
centigrade. One who heat the water to the fastest is going to be the winner.
Detailed Plan of Activities
Activity 11
Activity Name: Workshop on solar passive architecture
Activity Type: Workshop (technology)
Time: 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:00 pm
Who can participate? : All participants
Prize: No prize will be given for this activity
In solar passive architecture of buildings, we don’t use any mechanically or
electrically active systems based on solar for heating, cooling or lighting purposes
instead making best and indirect (passive) use of solar energy to serve the same
purpose of energy saving and comfort. Solar passive architecture involves all
building and ambient related parameters like: building materials, building design and
local climatic condition. It is you to well design and best use those climatic
conditions to reduce the electrical load. Because of advancement in computer
technologies, it is now easier to apply the very complex and effective designs of
solar passive architecture in buildings.
A well designed passive solar building significantly reduces the cooling, heating or
electrical /lighting loads to the building and it may have the major impacts in a
national perspectives. A workshop will be organized on this potentially useful
subject of energy saving. Here you will learn directly from expert architects and
subject specialists how building are designed based on solar passive architecture and
how they are benefitting us in terms of energy or money savings and comfort.
General Guidelines
(a) In order to take part in any activity students registration must be done in
advance by school, by properly filling up the form
(b) On the spot registration for taking part in activity will be allowed, but
there is no guarantee.
(c) Several activities will run on multiple times, a students can register and
take part in activity at any time based on their availability and eligibility.
(d) No material will be provided to participants in the school. All participants
are requested to bring anything that they need in competitions.
(e) Projects requiring power connections will be provided only based on prior
request.
(f) Food (simple lunch packet) and water will be provided to all participants.
Moreover, on payment basis additional food stalls will be available.
(g) Award money and certificate will be provided to the students wherever
applicable. In case, if judges/authorities do not find an
exhibition/competition worthy of the prize, No prize will be awarded to
any students.
(h) School representatives are requested to ensure discipline of the students
while taking part in events

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