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Big Rig Low Carbon Skills Awareness Challenge

The Big Rig Low Carbon Skills Awarenes Challenge is the latest in a series of team build events designed by Think Up to help raise awareness of low-carbon technologies through hands-on learning. The series of one-day events, delivered in partnership with the College of North West London, is being run run from the 16th March to build up to the College's Industry Day, at which the Big Rig will take centre stage.

Earlier this year the college was successful in its bid to lead one of the first hubs of the National Skills Academy for Environmental Technologies. Think Up is a cluster member of this hub.

Using a pile of low-carbon construction technologies and waste construction material, the participants have a day to build a low-carbon shower. The event is hosted in the Big Rig, a three-storey outdoor workspace. Participants will have the hands-on opportunity to learn about solar PVs, solar-thermal water panels, rainwater harvesting, biomass boilers, energy efficiency in buildings and grey water recycling. The event is run as a competition between two teams of twelve, each competing to build the most efficient shower.

More about the Big Rig
Previous events hosted on the Big Rig

Low Carb - a low-carbon awareness raising event for people not currently in employment
Retrofit Rig - an exhibition stand for designed for ConstructionSkills aimed at raising low-carbon awareness among contractors
Winter Water Warmer - a low-carbon awareness-raising event for schools, used as part of the launch of the Waltham Forest Construction Training Centre