{"id":6270,"date":"2024-05-13T23:29:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T05:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/j9weu8c74q-staging.wpdns.site\/2024\/05\/13\/winners-of-the-xignux-challenge-create-bricks-that-help-reduce-the-carbon-footprint-of-conventional-brick-construction\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T19:33:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T19:33:27","slug":"winners-of-the-xignux-challenge-create-bricks-that-help-reduce-the-carbon-footprint-of-conventional-brick-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xignux.com\/en\/impact_stories\/winners-of-the-xignux-challenge-create-bricks-that-help-reduce-the-carbon-footprint-of-conventional-brick-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners of the Xignux Challenge create bricks that help reduce the carbon footprint of conventional brick construction."},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Xignux Foundation and Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey team carried out a 24-hour challenge, in which the participating students proposed solutions aligned with the 2030 agenda to achieve a more sustainable future.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

On May 7 and 8, the sixth edition of the Xignux Challenge was held, a 24-hour thinking challenge in which 1,082 university students from different professional careers from 19 campuses of Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey registered to generate innovative ideas that attack current problems related to:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Energy<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Nutrition<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Education<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Development<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Environment<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \u201cYoung students, you have the power to create change through your ideas and to inspire others. I remind you that you are already winners simply for being here, and for contributing positive energy to the search for solutions to common problems.\u201d <\/span><\/i>Marcela Garza Herrera, president of Fundaci\u00f3n Xignux.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Out of 332 projects, 25 were selected for the next round, leaving six finalists and two of them were finally awarded. In the Discovery category, the winning project was \u201cAtole Tierra M\u00eda\u201d, made by Luisa Jimena Liceaga Mart\u00ednez, Camille Borbolla Salinas, Ana Mar\u00eda Romero Orozco and Mar\u00eda Gonz\u00e1lez Torres.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    The proposal consists of a powdered atole drink made from transforming contaminated waste from the nixtamalization process, intending to end malnutrition in vulnerable communities.<\/span><\/p>\n

    In the Launch category, for advanced projects, the F\u014dcaris & Taanaj team won, formed by Gerardo Calder\u00f3n Huerta, Bertha Laura Aldana Fern\u00e1ndez, Edwin Mateo Samaniego D\u00e1vila and Daniela Ilean Recendiz Garc\u00eda.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    They showcased brick substitutes through a hexagonal design that can help reduce the carbon footprint of conventional brick construction.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Both teams were awarded $300,000 in Discovery and $700,000 in Launch, as well as a follow-up mentorship. These awards will be used to further develop and implement their ideas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    We thank the Xignux Energizers and their companies that participated as judges: Fernando Brubeck Salcedo, Gabriel Ortiz Gil Cepeda and Jorge Humberto S\u00e1nchez Garc\u00eda; mentors: Dora Alicia Olivo Aldaco, Ivanika Sugich Siqueiros, Joel Ernesto Gastelum M\u00e9ndez, Jos\u00e9 Rub\u00e9n Garza Guzm\u00e1n, Mar\u00eda Isabel Montemayor Quintanilla, Mar\u00eda del Rosario Cant\u00fa Gonz\u00e1lez and Paulina de la Garza Olivas; as well as the students, teachers and directors of Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey for making this possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

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