Primary school students in the Blacktown Solar City project area have the chance to design a billboard which demonstrates how to 'make a difference' in your household or community through energy efficiency. The short listed finalists will be shown at a special screening event at Hoyts Blacktown (date to be announced) with the two winners being announced at the Blacktown Solar City School Science Fair. Both winning entries will appear on a giant billboard in the heart of Blacktown City for three months. The winning entrants' schools will both also receive a state-of-the-art Fourier EcoLogXL Comprehensive science bundle – perfect for many school science experiments.

How do you get started?

Nominate your school to participate by completing the online School nomination form. Your school will be contacted by the Blacktown Solar City project team to get started.

How do you participate?

• Ensure your school is nominated.
• Get as many students involved in the competition to ensure greater participation.
• Your school will be required to select up to six original separate colour illustrations/paintings which may be entered into this competition.

Deadline

Your school's chosen entries must be placed in the entry submission box in the Foyer of Blacktown City Council, 62 Flushcombe Rd, Blacktown NSW no later than 4:30pm, 30 September 2008. Entries not meeting the entry requirements, or not submitted by the deadline, will not be considered for the Billboard competition.

Design Brief

• Your billboard design should do one or more of the following:
  • demonstrate the link between energy consumption and climate change
  • show household, community, school or business energy efficiency tips
  • demonstrate how to save money through energy efficiency
  • show alternative energy solutions
• Your design must be your own original work and contain no elements which have been copied from any other work or sources. Your design must include the 'make a difference' message within the body of the work.
• Your design must be in illustration format only. No photography will be accepted.
• Submissions must not have been previously published in any form or media.
• Your design must not include any swear words, sexual, violent or offensive visuals. Entries which include any language or images which are deemed to be offensive by the Blacktown Solar City project team will be disqualified in the team's absolute discretion. Any decision is final in this regard.

Tips on energy consumption and climate change can be found here and here.

Eligible students should seek permission from their parent(s) or legal guardian(s) before downloading any competition materials.

Entry Requirements

• Each entry must be in landscape A3 format (A3 = 420mm x 297mm).
• Each entry must include a completed entry form. Entry forms must be submitted in hard copy.
• Each entry must include a paragraph of 25 words or less explaining how your design conveys the 'make a difference' theme.
• Each entry must include a signed consent form.

A short list of entries will be chosen by the Blacktown Solar City project team and these will be shown at a special screening at Hoyts Blacktown. After the screening, one winner will be chosen by the Blacktown Solar City Consortium. Another winner will be chosen via on-line voting open to the public. Both winners will share a billboard in Blacktown City where their designs will be displayed for three months.

Click here for full competition terms and conditions.

Resources

School Nomination Form
Entry form
Student Consent Form
Terms and Conditions of Entry
Important Information about Copyright

Privacy

Any information provided by entrants will be used by BP Solar Pty Ltd for the purpose of conducting each competition. BP Solar may disclose entrants' personal information to members of the Blacktown Solar City Consortium, contractors and agents to assist in conducting each competition. BP Solar is bound by the National Privacy Principles in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). Entrants may request access to personal information held by BP Solar or obtain a copy of BP Solar's privacy policy by visiting Blacktown Solar City's Privacy statement.