Expo in Shanghai seeks out sci-tech stars of tomorrow

The Shanghai Exhibition Center was crowded with students, professors, scientific researchers, visitors, and exhibitors, on July 21. A delegation of more than 250 teachers and students from different countries and regions gathered to share their creative projects and ideas.

At the venue, the first booth was manned by two 10th grade students from the American Community School in Athens introducing their "grid community" project to visitors.

According to Iason Stavros Somoglou, the designer of the community, as well as one of the team members, the "grid community" is a sustainable and eco-friendly community in which every building acts as a substation and can analyze consumers' habits in order to reduce energy use to the minimum requirement.