More than a thousand students from eleven autonomous communities participate in the 5th edition of the Efigy Technology Competition
A total of eight projects from schools all over Spain have been short-listed for the semi-final and are competing in different categories. The winners of which will be announced on 11 May at an in-person gala event in Madrid, which can also be viewed online.
Students taking part in the competition had to find solutions to a challenge that would help improve the planet through energy efficiency. This educational activity aims to motivate and raise awareness and interest in energy, develop young people’s research skills and inspire curiosity and creativity while improving teamwork and communication skills.
More than 1,000 third- and fourth-year secondary school students in eleven autonomous communities participated in the fifth Efigy Technology Competition: Andalusia, Asturias, the Community of Madrid, the Valencian Community, Catalonia, Extremadura, Galicia, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, La Rioja and Navarre.
The videos of the eight semi-finalist projects can be watched from today, 8 May on the Naturgy Foundation website and on Naturgy’s YouTube channel. The public is invited to vote for their favourite project in the first stage of the competition. The team that receives the most public votes on social networks will go straight through to the final. The other finalists going through to the final will be selected based on a technical and professional evaluation by the competition jury.
Naturgy Foundation general manager María Eugenia Coronado congratulated the semi-finalists of the fifth edition of the competition, saying how delighted she is with the standard of this year’s entries. “This latest edition of the Efigy Technology Competition, which is already a benchmark for schools, is evidence of the Naturgy Foundation’s commitment to educating in energy efficiency from an early age and to stimulate interest in STEM careers, especially among girls and vulnerable groups”. In this regard, Maria Eugenia Coronado explained that “we want to create a collaborative environment for the energy transition, prioritising innovation and the development of energy technologies as levers for achieving a sustainable planet”.
The award ceremony of the competition will take place on 11 May
Young participants from all over Spain will meet in Madrid to present and explain their school projects at the gala prize-giving event of the 5th Efigy Technology Competition on 11 May.
The celebration will be an opportunity for students to display their STEM projects in an initiative designed to inspire school children, bridging the gap with the professional world and giving the children a space for dialogue where they can showcase their talent and feel a part of the great challenges of the future.
The event will also be streamed live (Certamen Tecnológico Efigy) on 11 May from 12.30pm onwards, so that their classmates, family and friends can follow the gala event live.
This year, the expert jury will be made up of Ana Belén Sánche, Fair Transition Advisor to the Vice-President and Minister for the Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge; Imma Aguilar, managing director pf the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT), which comes under the Ministry of Science and Innovation; Marina Villegas, institutional delegate of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC);Núria Rodríguez, director of Environment and CSR at Naturgy; and Manuel Calvo, head of Energy and Environment at the Naturgy Foundation.
Five years of the Efigy Technology Competition
This is the fifth time the Naturgy Foundation has organised the Efigy Technology Competition. More than 6,000 third and fourth-year secondary school pupils from 85 schools in 13 autonomous communities have taken part in these five competitions. Over the years, 200 energy efficiency projects have been evaluated, raising much interest on social media with more than 80,000 views so far.
The Efigy Technology Competition is part of the Efigy Education Programme, via which the Naturgy Foundation offers an extensive educational catalogue in the field of climate change and new energy technologies, which has befitted more than a million people since 2018. This programme is recognised by and partners with leading institutions in the fields of education and research, such as the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology and the Spanish National Research Council.
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