Impactful university program(s) on climate change

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(Please describe innovative program(s)  on your campus. The following is an example of the description. You can describe more related items if needed.)

Community

Voluntary Renewable Energy Installation at Pleak Vivek Meditation Retreat

The School of Renewable Energy created a voluntary activity for the students, supervised by the teachers, to install renewable appliances such as solar-cell water pump and solar-cell street lights at pleak vivek meditation retreat on Wiang Haeng province, Chiang Mai.

Environmental Conservation Library for Communities

The MJU library exhibit Environmental Conservation Library for Communities to aware the environmental issues and gain knowledge about the importance of environmental conservation at Ban Na Kran School, Mae Jam district, Chiang Mai. The formations of the exhibition are

• Arranging the library and energy and environmental conservation corner for the school.
• Teaching about energy and environmental conservation.
• Waste sorting contest for children

Voluntary Renewable Energy Installation at Ban Hua Muang
The wind turbine generators, 3600 watts in total capacity, have been installed with the collaboration of The School of Renewable Energy of Maejo university and Engineo company at Ban Hua Muang, Pai district, Mae Hong Son. The electricity from wind turbines is stored by the batteries and distributed to the village, 1.8 kilometers far from the battery storage.

National

Thailand Energy Awards

Thailand Energy Awards presented prizes to the School of Renewable Energy. There are three types of awards that the school has received.

• [Renewable Conservation] Off Grid: Rooftop Photovoltaic Power Plant for Energy Saving of Academic Building => Outstanding Award
• [Renewable Conservation] Innovation on Alternative Energy: Combined Cooling Heating and Power Generation from Cascade Geothermal Energy Technology of Sankamphang Hot Spring => Outstanding Award.
• [Creativity] Institution: Electricity Generation from Medical Waste by Organic Rankine Cycle => Outstanding Award.

Sustainable University Network of Thailand Best Presentation Awards (SUN)

Dr. Sanwasun Yodkom, Lecturer from the Faculty of Engineering and Agro-Industry, received the best oral presentation from SUN academic proceeding with the topic named “Learning platform for non-rotating organic fertilizer generation from agricultural and leaf waste” at King’s Mongkut University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand.

Weera Panich Awards

Mr. Nakarin Oonta, a second-year student at the Faculty of Architecture and Environmental Design, was awarded the 1st Runners-up prize at the Weera Panich Awards on April 20, 2021. “Creations of habitable working place in the house” is the notion.

International

Sustainable solid waste management and policies The University joins SWAP Project (Sustainable solid waste management and policies), which is collaborated with partners in Vietnam and Cambodia. The project has been doing educational activities to aware the topic of waste management to teachers and staffs, who teach the awareness of waste management especially children and teenagers. The activities of SWAP Project which the institution has cooperated is in the link

ASEAN Energy Awards

Associate Professor Dr. Weerapol Thongma, the President of Maejo University, was represented to receive ASEAN Energy Award. The ceremony was held online in Brunei. There are 2 projects which were got prizes.

• Combined Cooling Heating and Power Generation from Cascade Geothermal Energy Technology of Sankamphang Hot Spring: Winners of Renewable Energy Project Awards
• : 1st Runner-Up of Renewable Energy Project Awards

Voluntary activities with ACTED

At Ban Mai Nai Soi & Ban Mae Surin, Mae Hong Son, Thailand, the School of Renewable Energy collaborated with the Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) to conduct a training of trainers for 18 women refugees on charcoal production and business development entrepreneurship, as well as life skills.