{"id":20994,"date":"2025-04-22T09:30:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T09:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/rise\/?page_id=20994"},"modified":"2025-04-23T00:25:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T00:25:56","slug":"award-recognition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/rise\/sustainability\/award-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Award &amp; Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_background_mask\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_heading et_pb_heading_0 et_pb_bg_layout_\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_heading\">Championing Sustainability through Innovation<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_heading et_pb_heading_1 et_pb_bg_layout_\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h1 class=\"et_pb_module_heading\">SEDA INNOVATION CHALLENGE 2024 - People's Choice Award<\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p data-start=\"142\" data-end=\"639\" class=\"\">The People's Choice Award received by the PROSPECT, RISE team at the SEDA Innovation Challenge 2024 highlights UTM's commitment to advancing sustainable energy solutions. Their award-winning project, <em data-start=\"389\" data-end=\"456\">Monitoring Energy and Centralizing Automation Technology (MERCAT)<\/em>, demonstrates how intelligent systems\u2014powered by machine learning and optimization\u2014can enhance energy efficiency and reduce carbon footprints in industrial and commercial settings.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"641\" data-end=\"750\" class=\"\">This achievement aligns closely with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"751\" data-end=\"1178\">\n<li data-start=\"751\" data-end=\"897\" class=\"\">\n<p data-start=\"753\" data-end=\"897\" class=\"\"><strong data-start=\"753\" data-end=\"762\">SDG 7<\/strong> (Affordable and Clean Energy) \u2013 by promoting smarter energy use and enabling more accessible, efficient energy management solutions,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"898\" data-end=\"1047\" class=\"\">\n<p data-start=\"900\" data-end=\"1047\" class=\"\"><strong data-start=\"900\" data-end=\"909\">SDG 9<\/strong> (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure) \u2013 through the development of cutting-edge technologies for sustainable industrialization, and<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1048\" data-end=\"1178\" class=\"\">\n<p data-start=\"1050\" data-end=\"1178\" class=\"\"><strong data-start=\"1050\" data-end=\"1060\">SDG 13<\/strong> (Climate Action) \u2013 by contributing to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction and promoting low-carbon operations.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1180\" data-end=\"1337\" class=\"\">By integrating innovation with sustainability, the PROSPECT, RISE team's recognition through this national platform affirms UTM's role in shaping a greener future.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap has-box-shadow-overlay\"><div class=\"box-shadow-overlay\"><\/div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/rise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-22-at-5.21.54-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"WhatsApp Image 2025-04-22 at 5.21.54 PM\" class=\"wp-image-21000\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap has-box-shadow-overlay\"><div class=\"box-shadow-overlay\"><\/div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/rise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2025\/04\/SEDA_cert_ceremony.webp\" alt=\"\" title=\"SEDA_cert_ceremony\" class=\"wp-image-21002\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":12964,"featured_media":0,"parent":20952,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20994","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12964"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20994"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21042,"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20994\/revisions\/21042"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.utm.my\/rise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}