Shell announced the Top 10 for its “The Bright Ideas Challenge Philippines”, a national competition on innovative energy solutions that the leading company of global power, energy, and gas technology is introducing to the young minds in the Philippines. The exhibit of submitted entries on how to sustainably power future cities was held last February 26 at the Mind Museum in Bonifacio Global City.

TBIC aims to showcase the ingenuity of the Filipino youth and to spark the students’ curiosity on tackle real world problems through energy efficiency and other innovative ways to power cities. Participants were senior high school students aged between 12 to 18 years old.

10 finalists were chosen out of the 26 teams who submitted their entries. The finalists were group of students from MeridianLearning International Experience, St. Theresa’s College, CCF Life Academy, Dumaguete Science High School, Philippine Science High School Cagayan Valley, CEU Senior High School, and Biñan National High School. The top 10’s entries contained elements of sustainability, energy efficiency, science, technology, and engineering. The ideas can be used in communities that experience scarcity of energy and clean water.

“We hope to inspire a generation of innovative Filipino scientists, thinker, mentors, city planners, and decision-makers through The Bright Ideas Challenge.” Said Ramon del Rosario, Vice President for External and Government Relations of Shell Companies in the Philippines (SciP).

At the end of the competition, the prototype invention “Pipe-to Manalo-to” of Philippines Science High School bagged the grand
prize of Php100,000.00 package for their schools to help pursue their STEM program. Biñan National High School and CEU Senior High School came in second and third place respectively.

“We aim to propel future leaders to think big, use their problem solving, teamwork, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) skills to come up with solutions on how future cities might run in cleaner and healthier ways. We are also giving high school students a platform to be seen and heard, and help deliver the school curriculum through an innovative, more engaging approach.” SciP Social Performance and Social Investment Manager Sankie Simbulan said.

Shell aims to inspire optimism and going beyond convention to achieve its vision of a low carbon world, aside from offering smarter mobility programs, energy efficient products, and natural gas technology that diversifies the energy mix.