Sri Sankara Vidyashramam Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Thiruvanmiyur took part in The Green I Contest organised for school students conducted as a part of the International Green Building Congress 2009 held in Hyderabad from September 9 to12, 2009.
The National Level contest was based on evaluating measures to find out about the ‘carbon footprint’ of a school and innovate ways to reduce the footprint. Three students,Gourav Sinha, Vinodhini. A and Sahana Mohan of class XII worked on the project.
Sri Sankara Vidyashramam’s entry was one among the five entries chosen at the National Level among 129 schools that participated in the event.
The students visited Hyderabad to give a presentation on their work. They also participated in the inaugural programme of the International Conference & Exhibition on Green Buildings on September 9, 2009 and received a trophy and certificates from Mr.K. Rosaiah, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
The audience comprised of several entrepreneurs working towards Green Buildings and delegates from UK, Australia, Austria, Canada Hong Kong, Netherlands, Singapore and Thailand who had come to participate in the programme.