COMPETITION RULES (SECONDARY LEVEL)

  • PacificLight’s 2024 Crea8 Sustainability Secondary-Level Competition (“the Competition”) is open to all secondary level students studying in Singapore at MOE-registered secondary schools and/or international educational institutions and home schoolers.
  • All submissions must be registered online at the competition submission entry page by 11:59pm on Tuesday, 30 April 2024.
  • Submission will only be considered successful once all the required details have been provided and the student/group’s project proposal and visual representations have been uploaded.
  • Entries will be categorised by the calendar year of birth in accordance with MOE guidelines.
  • Submission requirements:
    • A project proposal of the changes to be made and the sustainable solutions recommended based on the existing building.
    • The proposal should contain at least one improvements from all the following categories below and be accompanied by a visual representation of where the proposed changes and solutions will be implemented.
      • Energy efficiency
      • Waste management
      • Eco-friendly design
    • The proposal must include the following sections:
      • Cover page with names, school and level of all team members
      • Brief background about the building
      • Identify the areas within the building that can be improved sustainability-wise
      • Outline the sustainable improvements to be made to the building with supporting illustrations and/or photographs.
  • The project proposal, containing illustrations/photographs, must be submitted together as a single file via the registration portal in the following format:
    • File Type:       PDF
    • File size:         Less than 50MB
    • Word count: 1,000 to 2,000 words 
  • All proposals should be accompanied with visual representations of the improvements to be made. Judging shall be based on both the submitted proposal and visual representations.
  • Participants must ensure that the proposal and visual represented and clear.
  • The submission must be an original creation. Original creation means it has been created directly and personally by the participant. Direct copying or imitating another person’s work is not considered to be original work.
  • If PacificLight has reason to believe that a submission is not original, it may request for evidence. Any submission that is not considered original will be rejected and disqualified from the Competition.
  • It is the legal responsibility of the participant(s), not PacificLight to ensure compliance with all ownership and copyright requirements for images and referenced content, information data etc. submitted for the Competition e.g. to cite the original source of content, information or data referenced in the submission (if any)
  • The proposal must be submitted via the registration portal according to the format listed in the Competition Rules or the downloadable Competition Guide.
  • Participant may only submit one entry to the Competition as a group. Multiple entries from same participant will be disqualified.
  • It is the submitter’s responsibility to ensure that participant(s) details are entered correctly.
  • Each submission made by the teacher on behalf of student(s) or by the students themselves must be accompanied by a signed and completed Parent Consent Form from each participant in the group  in the following format. Entries without a completed parent/guardian consent form shall be disqualified.
    • File format: PDF
    • File size:       Less than 5MB
  • By submitting an entry to the Competition, participants hereby represent and warrant that the submission does not and shall not knowingly infringe any copyright or any other relevant rights of any party or third-party.
  • By submitting an entry to the Competition, the participant grants PacificLight an unlimited worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use and reproduce the participant’s works, including content, images and drawings at the prize presentation ceremony and showcase exhibition, for any and all of PacificLight’s purposes including its advocacy of sustainable energy use.
  • All uses of the submission will be non-commercial, and participants will be credited.
  • The participant retains all copyright to his or her original submission.
  • By submitting an entry, the participant provides consent to PacificLight to make reference to their name and school for the purpose of identifying them as the creator of the submission.
  • Any false representations, erroneous information, or violation of these rules and regulations or general objectives of the competition (such as receiving help to create the submission), will result in immediate disqualification of the participant from the Competition.
  • Decisions on the winning submission will be made by a judging panel comprising of PacificLight staff and third parties that PacificLight may choose to engage. The judges’ decision is final.
  • Prizes for the winners are as follows:
    • Gold –      $400 POPULAR vouchers, Trophy and Certificate of Award
    • Silver –    $300 POPULAR vouchers, Trophy and Certificate of Award
    • Bronze –  $200 POPULAR vouchers, Trophy and Certificate of Award
    • Distinction (Maximum of 2 recipients) – $100 POPULAR vouchers and Certificate of Award
  • At their discretion, judges may award up to 5 Distinction Awards.
  • Winners will be notified via email based on the contact provided in the entry submission in July 2024. Further details on the date and time of the prize presentation ceremony will be provided to the winners nearer to the date.
  • For any additional questions, please email crea8sustainability@pacificlight.com.sg.
  • The Competition is not open to children/wards of PacificLight Power Pte Ltd or PacificLight Energy Pte Ltd employees or supporting partners.
  • By submitting an entry to the Competition participants hereby represent warrant that the submission does not and shall not knowingly infringe any copyright or any other relevant rights of any party or third party.