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Review of Eco-Solution by SME Management

The company director, Mr Andy Lim, is satisfied with our proposed Design 1. He commented that we should increase
the stability and ensure there is a safety factor included. With his comments, we have added extra support to
the design to make it more stable. He also liked how the procedure is portable as the user can push it from one
place to another to collect the coolant for filtration. The company director is glad that his company has given the
Environmental Sustainability team a chance to lead this environmental project, resulting in cost savings.

Student’s Reflection Conclusion

We have learned a great deal about environmental
engineering from this project. It provides an authentic
learning opportunity to bridge what we have learned in
school to industry needs in Singapore.

Participating in this project has helped us understand that
small ideas can significantly contribute to environmental
protection. We have never thought that our simple ideas
for the company can reduce carbon emissions and at the
We visited Champion Precision Manufacturing to same time save costs, thereby improving the company’s
discuss the design and the many ways to improve the profitability.
project. The company supervisor gave good feedback on
our plans, which enabled us to rethink and improve our This project has given us the confidence to propose our
idea when we progress to the working world. We will
proposal.
always keep environmental factors in mind when given
This project enabled us to develop our skills in design the opportunity.
& technology to improve the environment, cut carbon
emissions and identify operational cost savings for We project that our eco-solution when implemented,
Champion Precision Manufacturing. will reduce carbon emissions from 12,325 kg to 4,205
kg. This is a 65 % decrease in CO emission for just
2
We also worked with fabrication vendors on the project two operational improvements. Table 7 and 8 shows
as a team. Knowing our strengths and weaknesses the carbon emissions before and after eco-solution
helped us to complete the project during this difficult implementation.
COVID-19 pandemic period. With guidance from Prof
Jeff and our project supervisor, Mr Shajudeen, who has We sincerely thank our Project Supervisor Mr Shajudeen,
also been very helpful in providing his feedback when our advisor Professor Jeff & Champion Precision
we face difficulties, we learned how to improvise and Manufacturing for this project opportunity.
think ‘out of the box’.

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