BANDUNG, Telkom University – Telkom University again won the title in the 2021 national level Student Digital Innovation Competition (LIDM), which was organized by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Kemendikbud Ristek), through the National Achievement Center (Puspresnas).

Located at Andalas University as the host organizer. This competition takes place online starting from May 2021 for registration and the peak of the event is held hybridly and broadcast live on the National Achievement Center youtube channel on September 19, 2021.

The Telkom University student team consisting of M.Yusuf Basqara, Akhdan Pangestuaji, Pramudia Putra Pamungkas who are students of the Telkom University Faculty of Applied Sciences, won third place in the Education Digital Technology Innovation category. They named their team as Kemendikbud Team with supervisor Dr.Eng. Alfian Akbar Gozali.

Yusuf said that he and his team succeeded in making an application entitled “Re Carbon” which is an environmental education application as a step to reduce carbon emissions (CO2) and increase environmental awareness.

“In this application there is a carbon calculator that functions to calculate individual carbon emissions, then later there will be learning features and gamification features to realize the reduction of carbon emissions through the tasks given and will be given recommendations on what activities need to be done to reduce carbon emissions.” He explained.

Through a long preparation, Yusuf said that his interest in addressing environmental/climate change issues began when he volunteered and participated in a competition related to SDG’s (Sustainable Development Goals).

“The application that we made was originally to fulfill a level 2 course assignment, but based on the results of discussions with the team and supervisors, we finally developed it further, the development of this application is also based on our concern about environmental issues that are currently spreading.” He explained.

Yusuf hopes that this application can continue to be developed, and can even be enjoyed by the wider community, so that it can help overcome current environmental issues.

“We will continue to develop this application, and will continue to conduct further evaluations so that we can create startups engaged in the environment / climate change so that this application will be sustainable as a large ecosystem in mobilizing many elements of society.” He said.