Sustainable innovation along the corporate value chain
Through a comprehensive package of measures in the area of energy, climate and the environment, REWE Group in Austria is successfully working to use resources sparingly and efficiently. The goal is to minimize the impact on the climate and the environment in the process. In supermarkets, refrigeration and lighting are considered the largest energy consumers. Together, they are responsible for about 60% of the total energy demand. That is why REWE Group in Austria is particularly concerned with measures to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions in these areas as part of its comprehensive sustainability program.
The hackathon "Corporate Coding for Sustainability" held a special challenge in store for the IT talents from higher technical colleges (HTL) and universities from Austria and Germany: The challenges set by A1 Telecom Austria AG, ProSiebenSat1PULS4 GmbH, Wiener Stadtwerke GmbH and us at REWE Group had to be overcome with a digital and sustainable solution in 48 hours. Martin Fluch, Chief Information Officer (CIO) of REWE International AGwas part of the high-caliber jury that judged the diverse projects and pitches, along with Michaela Huber-Kroneisl (Director Supply Chain Management - A1 Telekom Austria AG), Kornelia Pepl (System Administration for Document Management - Wiener Stadtwerke), Pia Seeberger (Senior Researcher - Blue Minds Company) and Fabian Knauseder (Director Digital Entertainment - ProSiebenSat.1PULS4).
"I was pleased to be part of the jury at the Hackathon at A1 Telekom Austria AG headquarters in Vienna. I am impressed by the young talents, how quickly they found sustainable solutions for the challenges we posed and also pitched them. The topic of sustainability is very important to our company and we are always on the lookout for new, smart solutions! We congratulate everyone who took part and look forward to welcoming the winners of our challenge to our company soon," says Fluch.
The winners
PLACE 1: TEAM REBOTTLE - Maximilian Busch (HTL-Spengergasse), Luis Kalckstein (HTL-Spengergasse), Lilia Gerber (HTL-Spengergasse) and Carina Pirklbauer (FH OÖ Campus Hagenberg)
PLACE 2: TEAM U7 - Sebastian Landl (Paris Lodron University Salzburg), Christian Edelmayer (Paris Lodron University Salzburg), Elvin Bajrić (HTL Donaustadt), Esma Gürsoy (FH OÖ Campus Hagenberg), Pia Donaubauer (University Regensburg), Jan Widerhofer-Kaukal (TU Wien), Ibrahim Adouni (FH Technikum)
PLACE 3: TEAM KEFIR - Stephanie Wolfgruber (University of Salzburg), Benedict Allerberger (FH Technikum), Jana Hobmayer (University of Applied Sciences Zurich), Lukas Seeor (University of Passau)
About Hackathon Vienna
The HACKATHON VIENNA is a unique opportunity for young IT talents to exchange ideas with their peers and to work on exciting ideas together. Supported by mentors and experts from large companies, teams will develop a prototype, code, concept or business model for an innovative and sustainable solution within a very short time (48 hours). At the end of the event, each team will have the opportunity to pitch their idea to a jury of experts, who will then award prizes to the three best and most profitable projects.
