Management and Science University (MSU) has been awarded another gold medal for social innovation; received from the Research Innovation Commercialization and Entrepreneurship Showcase (RICES) 2020.
MSU mySolar by the Faculty of Information Sciences and Engineering (FISE) comprises a series of projects dedicated to resolving the energy-related needs of rural and indigenous communities across Malaysia through small-scale renewable solutions that improve lives.
The affordable clean energy it supplies delivers to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 1 (Zero Poverty), 3 (Good Health and Well-being), 4 (Quality Education), 5 (Gender Equality), 13 (Climate Action), and 17 (Partnerships for the Goals).
The latest to benefit among the rural, the Orang Asli, and the vulnerable target groups of MSU mySolar have been villagers in Perak and Pahang.
Receiving twelve hours of electricity daily on two-day autonomies are Surau Kampung Teluk Dalam at Pangkor Island and the Orang Asli of Paloh Inai.
“The Gift of Solar Power” to the former is delivered by two 100W solar panels whilst “Lights Up My Life” for the latter is powered by a 15W flexible solar panel.
Immediately contributing to the MSU mySolar’s UNSDG aims towards Zero Poverty, Good Health and Well-being, Quality Education, and Gender Equality are weekly savings on batteries and generator fuel, hours regained from power-charging trips into town, and a fifty-percent increase in productivity owed to night lighting.
Eighteen productive hours now from twelve when a typical working day for the Orang Asli had to end at dusk mean that mothers can sew safely at night and meet or accept tailoring orders while their children read, study, or do school work. The enhanced environments and opportunities empower women and girls alike.
Money saved from no longer spending on alternative power has been redirected to education, food, and daily necessities. Hours recouped from formerly necessary trips to town – which sometimes were prevented by inclement weather, causing phones to be left uncharged – have been rerouted to income-generating use. Business transactions, too, as well as the relaying of news, information, and emergencies, have benefited from the constant power facilitated by MSU mySolar.
Prior to its RICES gold medal, the mySolar research project of Management and Science University (MSU) had received the MTE (Malaysia Technology Expo) 2020 gold medal for Social Innovation Asia, the MTE 2020 Award of Merit from The Malaysia-Croatia Exchange 2020, and the MTE 2020 as well as the ITEX (International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition) 2020 bronze medal for Invention and Innovation.
MSU mySolar has been funded by the MSU SEED Grant as well as industry sponsorship and alumni contribution.
With MSU President Professor Tan Sri Dato’ Wira Dr Mohd Shukri Ab Yajid as Patron, the MSU mySolar committee comprises Project Leader Associate Professor Dr Muhammad Irsyad Abdullah, Technical Leader Dr Norazliani Md Sapari, Industry Partnership Facilitator Dr Ahmad Sukri Ahmad, and Members made up of four lecturers and fifteen to twenty students.
Partnership for the related UNSDG is with Suncrox Solar, who had collaborated with MSU’s Department of Engineering Technology at the Faculty of Information Sciences and Engineering (FISE) on the mySolar project ‘Smart Bus Stop Shelter’.
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Management and Science University (MSU) has been awarded another gold medal for social innovation; received from the Research Innovation Commercialization and Entrepreneurship Showcase (RICES) 2020.
MSU mySolar by the Faculty of Information Sciences and Engineering (FISE) comprises a series of projects dedicated to resolving the energy-related needs of rural and indigenous communities across Malaysia through small-scale renewable solutions that improve lives.
The affordable clean energy it supplies delivers to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 1 (Zero Poverty), 3 (Good Health and Well-being), 4 (Quality Education), 5 (Gender Equality), 13 (Climate Action), and 17 (Partnerships for the Goals).
The latest to benefit among the rural, the Orang Asli, and the vulnerable target groups of MSU mySolar have been villagers in Perak and Pahang.
Receiving twelve hours of electricity daily on two-day autonomies are Surau Kampung Teluk Dalam at Pangkor Island and the Orang Asli of Paloh Inai.
“The Gift of Solar Power” to the former is delivered by two 100W solar panels whilst “Lights Up My Life” for the latter is powered by a 15W flexible solar panel.
Immediately contributing to the MSU mySolar’s UNSDG aims towards Zero Poverty, Good Health and Well-being, Quality Education, and Gender Equality are weekly savings on batteries and generator fuel, hours regained from power-charging trips into town, and a fifty-percent increase in productivity owed to night lighting.
Eighteen productive hours now from twelve when a typical working day for the Orang Asli had to end at dusk mean that mothers can sew safely at night and meet or accept tailoring orders while their children read, study, or do school work. The enhanced environments and opportunities empower women and girls alike.
Money saved from no longer spending on alternative power has been redirected to education, food, and daily necessities. Hours recouped from formerly necessary trips to town – which sometimes were prevented by inclement weather, causing phones to be left uncharged – have been rerouted to income-generating use. Business transactions, too, as well as the relaying of news, information, and emergencies, have benefited from the constant power facilitated by MSU mySolar.
Prior to its RICES gold medal, the mySolar research project of Management and Science University (MSU) had received the MTE (Malaysia Technology Expo) 2020 gold medal for Social Innovation Asia, the MTE 2020 Award of Merit from The Malaysia-Croatia Exchange 2020, and the MTE 2020 as well as the ITEX (International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition) 2020 bronze medal for Invention and Innovation.
MSU mySolar has been funded by the MSU SEED Grant as well as industry sponsorship and alumni contribution.
With MSU President Professor Tan Sri Dato’ Wira Dr Mohd Shukri Ab Yajid as Patron, the MSU mySolar committee comprises Project Leader Associate Professor Dr Muhammad Irsyad Abdullah, Technical Leader Dr Norazliani Md Sapari, Industry Partnership Facilitator Dr Ahmad Sukri Ahmad, and Members made up of four lecturers and fifteen to twenty students.
Partnership for the related UNSDG is with Suncrox Solar, who had collaborated with MSU’s Department of Engineering Technology at the Faculty of Information Sciences and Engineering (FISE) on the mySolar project ‘Smart Bus Stop Shelter’.