With
a view to learning more about the practical applications of alternative
sources of energy, the students of Edify School, Ranipet, visited the
CO2 (carbondioxide) and Green Technologies Centre at the VIT University
and witnessed the eco-friendly activities.
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The
university has been promoting the use of alternative energy on its
campus. It has a self-supporting green campus where much of waste
generated are re-cycled and put to optimum use. In order to create
awareness among the school children in the neighbourhood VIT invites
them to visit its CO2 & Green Technologies Centre.
Professor R Natarjan, general manager, CO2 and Green Technologies Centre, gave the visiting students an overview of the centre. He mentioned that VIT has been promoting the use of alternative energies. Under a scheme, VIT has commissioned solar electricity generating facilities at a cost of Rs 39 lakhs. About 8.25KW of electricity is produced which caters to the needs of streetlights on the campus. School students R.Shreya, Marcel Michael Raj. Gokul, Ashish Jonathen said that they witnessed the process of production of electricity from wood chunks and also learnt about its uses. Children enquired about the production of electricity from solar energy and learnt about the importance of using alternative sources of energy. The students also saw an automotive, which uses CO2 as fuel. They elicited details from the staff about the operation of the vehicles with CO2 as its energy source. They also observed the process of manufacture of tiles with the help of emissions from the automobile and thermal plants. |