Green School Award

On the 4th of March, we organised our annual Green School Award for the academic year 2020-2021. The ceremony was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was attended by H.E. Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Minister of Oil, H.E. Dr. Majid bin Ali Al-Nuaimi, Minister of Education in the Kingdom of Bahrain, Bapco’s management, employees and the participants.

The Green School Award is an annual competition started by Bapco in 2005 in cooperation with Bahrain Ministry of Education. It is designed for Bahraini secondary school students with each school submitting a sustainability project, evaluated by committee from Bapco, Ministry of Education and the Supreme Council for Environment. The winning school and students receive a financial reward and also get to raise the Bapco Green School Award Flag in their school premises. The aim of this award scheme is to raise awareness of sustainability and environmental issues amongst young students.

We are proud to have organised this competition since 2005, as it enables each young generation to create innovative solutions for a better and sustainable future.

Al Estiqlal Secondary School for Girls won first place for their project entitled “Recycling of Waste Car Tires”

Recycling of rubber from used/damaged car tires by using to replace a small percentage of bitumen in asphalt mixture with it, in order to eliminate the disposal of waste tires to landfills and to improve the specifications and performance of the asphalt mixture.

Al Fatih Secondary School for Boys won second place for their project entitled “Green Classrooms”

Providing a healthy environment in classrooms and laboratories that contributes to improving the quality of education using modern technologies such as measurement of pollutants, live measurements of student’s body temperatures, and automatic ventilation when classrooms are occupied.

Al Noor Secondary School for girls won third place for their project entitled “Energy from Plants”

Producing electrical energy from plant roots, considered a renewable source of energy that is environmentally friendly, inexpensive, and easy to obtain.