An innovative solar-powered cold storage design jointly developed by students of Independent University, Bangladesh and City, University of London, has won gold medal at the Efficiency for Access Design Challenge 2021-22.
The announcement was made on Thursday during a grand final event held virtually from the UK by the organisers Efficiency for Access Coalition and Engineers without Borders, UK, said a press release.
IUB’s Electrical and Electronic Engineering students Md Sadik Abdal and Tashfiah Tahsin, and City, University of London, UK students Ali Ahmed and Nour Ben Gaied worked together to propose the solar-powered cold storage system to preserve fish and other perishable goods.
The idea was to harness the power of renewable solar energy and convert it into ice banks to keep food fresh to help reduce food wastage, save farmers money and increase their incomes.