The National Programme for Conservation and Energy Efficiency (Tarsheed) of the Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has started receiving entries for the newly launched ‘App Champs Competition’ from Qatar- based University/College students on its focused theme of conserving electricity and water through Tarsheed.
The competition “App Champs: An Epic Battle. Bring it on!” is open to all students of universities and colleges in Qatar.
The competition which has prizes for three best smart conservation and energy efficiency application or game is as part of Tarsheed efforts to promote the culture of conservation of vital resources of electricity and water and encouraging university students innovations and high tech electronic development.
University/college students can apply via Kahramaa website www.km.com.qa/Tarsheed where they can view the terms and conditions for participating in the contest and fill up the form. The entry is open until April 10. More information could be had on 44846878.
The purpose of the competition is to promote environmental awareness and inculcate the culture of efficient usage of the natural resources in order to have better life and achieve the slogan of Tarsheed “Keep Qatar Pulsing” in line with Qatar National Vision 2030.
The technical guidelines for the submission are the application’s suitability to be uploaded on designated application stores such as iOS or Google Play, its high quality, user- friendly and its distribution suitability reflecting Tarsheed conservation message in a very interesting way.
Apart from the technical guidelines, the submission should be the original work of the participant; it should not have copyright or patent registered for the submitted creation.
Entries must be with the source code/file for evaluation and must be as per the detailed guidelines posted on Kahramaa’s website. All entries should also comply with Qatar’s moral values and its national identity.
Winners will be announced and honoured at Tarsheed fourth annual celebration to be held on April 21.
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