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Jonny Cohen has invented a project named 'GreenShields'. He found a way to save schools money and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by increasing school bus fuel efficiency, on the way to home from school when he was 12 years old. This idea popped into his head when he was having summer cla****, based on aerodynamics at Northwestern University. His first idea was trying to reduce drag and allow the vehicle to use less fuel by attaching a streamlined, transparent Plexiglas cover over a school bus windshield. Afterwards. He created a team with the name of 'GreenShields' and has competed for a $25,000 Pepsi Refresh Grant in February 2010, and they won the grant. GreenShield featured on Good Morning America, in an MTV commercial and a national Pepsi commercial. Luckily, the owner of Cook-Illinois Bus company, Mr. John Benish saw the interview and contacted GreenShields to donate a bus. Jonny also contacted Northwestern University to help with the testing and they responded to it.
From the help of Northwestern University they came up with different design than previous design. The fourth-generation GreenShield, which looks radically different, this idea came out collaboratively with help from Northwestern University's Segal Design Institute. They didn't use idea of a shield, but something that can reduce material and installation costs. Something like a ski-jump-shaped hat installed on the roof of a bus. By having a green shield on top of the bus it reduces the amount of fuel that bus uses and also it reduces the amount of CO2. It is very efficient. Now they are hoping to spread this awareness about environmental problem and willing to reduce the amount of gas that is produced by school buses.
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