EducEco Challenge
EducEco Challenge: a racetrack in the centre of town with 53 teams of science students competing over three days from 8th to 10th May.
For the last three years, the Chauvin Arnoux Group has been a partner and sponsor of the EducEco Challenge, in which the goal is to travel the longest distance using the least energy possible. Although this was the seventh edition, with the centre of Colomiers transformed into a racetrack for the 53 teams and the 800 participants, as well as 3,000 spectators, from Friday 8th to Sunday 10th May, it was also certainly the last time. This noble venture was originally launched by Jean-Paul Chassaing, ex-School Inspector in Science and Electrical Engineering in the Paris region and formerly an active member of the "Club du Mesurage", a partnership between the worlds of business and education organized by Chauvin Arnoux.
At the EducEco Challenge, the competition involved two types of vehicles produced by students (from middle schools through high schools to technical colleges and universities): prototypes and green urban vehicles. The former usually benefit from aerodynamic design, whereas the latter are much closer to the cars of the future. But they all have the same goal: to cover the longest distance with the least possible energy, whether the motors involved are petrol-driven, thermal, electrical, solar or hybrid.
This provides a fun way of promoting the new types of energy while involving science students in a friendly competition which the Chauvin Arnoux Group is always proud to be associated with. A specialist in portable electrical instrumentation since 1893, Chauvin Arnoux sponsors events and runs the Club du Mesurage, which groups school inspectors and publishes its educational magazine "Les Cahiers de l’instrumentation", in order to foster interchange between students, the company and industrial projects. The aim is to stay close to the future market requirements in terms of products and energy solutions, while promoting the dynamic approach and creativity of tomorrow's young engineers.
This event has already seen the establishment of two world records.
"In 2013: the world record for hydrogen-powered green urban vehicles wwas beaten by students from the Lycée La Joliverie and the Ecole Polytechnique in Nantes. Their vehicle, named "Cityjoule", demonstrated that it was capable of travelling 1,430 km on a single litre of petrol."
In 2014: students from the same schools travelled 18.5 km with just 0.79 g of hydrogen, the equivalent of 6,329 km on one litre of SP 95 petrol. Quite an exploit!"
With projects like this, future energy-saving seems to be on the right track, like the instruments designed and manufactured by the Chauvin Arnoux Group under the Chauvin Arnoux®, Metrix®, Enerdis® and Pyrocontrole® brands.
Results of the Challenge: http://www.educeco.net/spip.php?page=live2015
