Schneider Electric 2024 Project
Schneider Electric is a digital automation and energy management company. They use energy technologies, real-time automation, software, and services, to help monitor, energy usage in home, data centres, and industrial buildings.
The Schneider Electric Victoria office specializes in metering hardware, metering firmware, and energy management software, both on premise and in the cloud.
In Spring 2024, from January 22nd to April 8th, WEST is running a new project with Schneider Electric!
What is this project about?
From our social media, you may have noticed the project is centered around renewable energy and energy management communication. But what exactly will the project be about? The problem statement for our project is:
"How can Schneider Electric create hardware and software products that do more to educate users in how to do Energy Management and find savings opportunities to drive energy reduction and sustainable energy use?"
The problem statement is intentionally broad and has many different solutions.
What skills will I develop throughout this project?
From participating in this project, you'll have the opportunity to gain/further the following skills:
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Leadership
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Project Management
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Time Management
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Engineering Research & Design
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Collaboration
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Hardware and Software Skills
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Energy Management
What is the timeline of the project?
Starting January 22nd and ending in April, the project runs approximately for 3 months with workshops every week and has an approximate time commitment of 3-6 hours per week. There are three main deliverables that will be completed during the project: a proposal presentation, a progress presentation, and a pitch presentation. For all of these deliverables, groups will be lead through the process by WEST Project Coordinators and Schneider Electric.
What does participation in this project look like?
Everyone participating in this project has a few items they have committed too:
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Attending the weekly sessions on Mondays from 8:00pm - 7:15pm PST in person at UVic
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Submitting the three deliverables with their teammates
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Attend the Project Showcase (date TBD) in April to pitch their solutions.
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Attending a site visit
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Collaborating with their teammates, Schneider Electric, WEST, and presenters outside of the workshops/session hours to complete their projects.
Project Eligibility:
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Identify as a female, women or women+
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Grade 11, Grade 12, 1st and 2nd year UVic undergraduate students.
Sign up is now closed. Please check back next semester for future projects!
Participants
We would like to thank each and every participant for their hard work and dedication. Please find the names of all participants below:
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Karen Allen Olotu
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Leigh Kowalchuk
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Laura Fernandes
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Livia de Azevedo Fernandes
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Siena Lee-Tremblay
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Clare Pastula
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Jordyn Espenell
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Harkiran Samra
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Harshita Sankar
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Ruth Jennings
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Fernanda Ezquerra Silva
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Qiangqing Zuo
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Ellaine Sarah Leedham
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Katie McDonnell
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Ruby Que
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Giovana Vasconcelos da Luz
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Makayla Graham
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Alice Zou
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Annalize Loubser
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Sara Mikayla Whitehouse
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Laksanya Mor
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Lina Yang
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Jessica Purdy
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Muskan
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Yasaman Rezapour
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Noelle Davies
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Olivia Choi
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Amina Badawi
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Khushi Sharma
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Rashin Radaei
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Janhvi
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Bianca Nixdorf