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Regional winner of Decarbonising the Home Challenge with Shell Energy
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Find out which Shell Eco-marathon teams won the Pitch the Future challenges with their innovative ideas and watch the virtual awards ceremony.
Explore the various solutions that Team Kaizen put forward to help support the decarbonisation of consumer homes.
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Title: Session #1 - TEAM KAIZEN
Duration: 2:02 minutes
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Team Kaizen, part of the Shell Eco-marathon, describe their experience of Pitch the Future.
Session #1 - TEAM KAIZEN Transcript
[Background music plays]
Rhythmical instrumental music.
[Video Footage]
A series of head shots of individual team members on a video conference talking straight into the camera. Each team member speaks one word. Behind the video is a brightly coloured background comprising yellow, teal and grey cogs turning. Cuts to the six members of Team Kaizen smiling and waving into the camera.
[Text displays]
Hey there!
We
are
team
Kaizen!
[Team Members]
Hey there. We are Team Kaizen!
[Animation]
Yellow, teal and grey blocks of colour move across the screen from left to right to reveal a turquoise background with five lines of white dots moving like a wave.
[Text displays]
Pitch the
Future
Decarbonising the home
with Shell Energy
[Animation]
The text flips and disappears into the background. New text appears.
[Text displays]
Team Kaizen
India
[Animation]
Yellow, teal and grey horizontal blocks of colour move across the screen from left to right to return to the video conference display.
[Video Footage]
The six members of the team are all on screen initially, before changing to focus on the individual team member speaking.
[Team Member]
Team Kaizen has been a part of Shell Eco-marathon Asia since the last half decade.
[Text displays]
Team Kaizen has been a part of Shell Eco-marathon Asia
since the last half decade.
[Video Footage]
Cut to a head-on frontal shot of another team member.
[Visuals]
Cuts to a sequence of static shots of the team. The first is in a lecture theatre. The second shot shows team members surrounded by equipment and materials. The focus is on a smiling team member wearing a hard hat sitting in the centre of the shot. The third shot is of six team members on a video call.
[Video Footage]
Cuts back to the team member speaking, who raises his fist enthusiastically.
[Team Member]
The most interesting fact about Team Kaizen is the working environment. After a long day of work, to cheer up the team, we organise gaming sessions and movie nights for our team bonding, which, in the long run, keeps the motivation and enthusiasm up.
[Text displays]
The most interesting fact about Team Kaizen is the working environment.
After a long day of work, to cheer up the team,
we organise gaming sessions and
movie nights for our team bonding
which, in the long run, keeps the motivation and enthusiasm up.
[Video Footage]
Footage cuts to a shot of one team member kneeling welding a frame-like structure, observed by other members of the team.
[Animation]
Animation from the team pitch video with wavy lines entering a cylinder and being processed, resulting in two lines of drops, one white and one blue, being discharged from the container.
[Video Footage]
Close up of scientific equipment with water droplets falling into a container, followed by an image of smoke coming out of a chimney against a blue sky. Footage returns to the six members of the team in the video conference, before cutting to focus on the team member who is speaking.
[Team Member]
We, too, have worked on several ideas including generating electricity from water droplets to smoke treatment systems at chimneys. But, to sum them all up, it all boils down to using technology to harvest energy from cleaner unconventional resources.
[Text displays]
We, too, have worked on several ideas
including generating electricity from water droplets
to smoke treatment systems in chimneys.
But, to sum them all up, it all boils down
to using technology to harvest energy
from cleaner unconventional resources.
[Visuals]
Sequence of photographs of each of the team members.
[Video Footage]
Cuts back to video of the team member who is speaking, and then all six team members.
[Team Member]
As engineering students, we learn and deal with technology every day, using tech to improve people's lives and deal with global challenges of climate change. What more can an engineer want?
[Text displays]
As engineering students, we learn and deal with technology every day,
using tech to improve people's lives
and deal with the global challenges of climate change
What more can an engineer want?
[Visuals]
Head and shoulder photographs of team members superimposed on an image of a lecture theatre.
[Video Footage]
Cuts back to video of the team member who is speaking, before showing the six team members.
[Team Member]
The biggest challenge was that everyone had to work from their homes because of the pandemic and the lockdown. We missed the lab the most.
[Text displays]
The biggest challenge was that everyone had to work from their homes
because of the pandemic and the lockdown. We missed the lab the most.
[Animation]
Yellow, teal and grey blocks of colour move up the screen to reveal a yellow background with five lines of grey dots moving like waves.
[Text displays]
What has your team learned?
[Animation]
Yellow, teal and grey blocks of colour move up the screen to return to the video conference display.
[Video Footage]
Footage of a team member speaking to camera, before cutting back to all team members.
[Team Member]
One crucial thing that we learned from Pitch the Future is the adaptability to change. At first, our team's aim was to build a highly efficient electric vehicle but, since, life is unpredictable so we need to adapt to new changes.
[Text displays]
One crucial thing that we learned from Pitch the Future is the adaptability to change.
At first, our team's aim was to build a highly efficient electric vehicle
but, since, life is unpredictable
so we need to adapt to new changes.
[Animation]
Yellow, teal and grey blocks of colour move up the screen to reveal a yellow background with five lines of grey dots moving like waves.
[Text displays]
Why are you proud of your team?
[Animation]
Yellow, teal and grey blocks of colour move up the screen to return to the video conference display.
[Video Footage]
Footage of a team member speaking to camera.
[Team Member]
We are proud of our team because, despite the changes and the situations, our team has pursued, worked hard and shown unexpected results by constantly believing in their efforts.
[Text displays]
We are proud of our team because, despite the changes and the situations,
our team has pursued, worked hard and shown unexpected results
by constantly believing in their efforts.
[Animation]
Yellow, teal and grey blocks of colour move up the screen to reveal a yellow background with five lines of grey dots moving like waves.
[Text displays]
3 words you think best describe Pitch the Future?
[Animation]
Yellow, teal and grey blocks of colour move up the screen to return to the video conference display.
[Video Footage]
Footage of a team member speaking to camera.
[Team Member]
Perseverance, the competition has taught us to be consistent and never give up. Second, it would be comradeship. And third, ambitious. It has helped us to bring out the best in us.
[Text displays]
First: 'Perseverance'.
The competition has taught us to be consistent and never give up.
Second, it will be 'comradeship'.
And third, 'ambitious'.
It has helped us to bring out the best in us.
[Video Footage]
Cuts back to the six members of Team Kaizen smiling and waving into the camera.
[Audio]
Shell jingle
[Graphic]
Shell Pecten centred on the background of yellow, teal, grey cogs turning.
[Text displays]
#MakeTheFuture
#ShellEcoMarathon
© Shell International Limited 2020
Team Kaizen’s approach to the home decarbonisation challenge is multifaceted, understanding that a range of solutions are needed to significantly reduce carbon emissions from the residential sector. Some of these solutions include:
Sensor-based smoke treatment system
A prototype vent treatment system, which reduces carbon emissions by extracting carbon from residential chimneys and releasing the decarbonised air safely. The technology relies on:
- Multiple sensors to measure CO2 levels
- A carbon filter similar to those used in car exhausts
- An integrated warning system alarm
Building materials
Injecting cement bricks with carbon during the production process, capturing rather than emitting it throughout manufacture. Doing so also increases the strength of concrete, without compromising its other properties.
Home Biogas unit
A home biogas unit that can be used to provide cooking gas for an individual home from the bacterial anaerobic digestion of biodegradable waste that the home generates.
Daylight sensor
A daylight sensor system, which uses multiple sensors and a micro-controller to measure the amount of natural light entering the home. This helps to judge the need for artificial lighting at each point throughout the day, automatically adjusting the level as required.
Air conditioning systems
Modified HVAC units that can capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and subsequently transform it into a fuel for powering vehicles. To achieve this, Team Kaizen suggests adding a filter to absorb CO2 and an electrolyser to strip the oxygen molecule from H2O, creating H2 that can be combined with CO2 to produce hydrocarbon fuels.
