Canada Green Building Council features the ECHO project in their August 2013 newsletter
Posted on Friday, August 30th, 2013
Algonquin College’s Team Ontario prepares to send its “ECological HOme” to Irvine, California
What began as a dream for several students and faculty at Ottawa’s Algonquin College and Carleton University, and Kingston’s Queen’s University, has culminated in a million dollar project to construct a net zero home that will compete on a global stage this fall.
ECHO, short for ECological HOme, was showcased today as part of an Open House and mock competition to ready the team for the 2013 US Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.
“Our mission was to create an ecological home that sets the standard for sustainable living and creates waves of change in the housing market,” says Karl Kadwell, Project Manager for Team Ontario. “We are proud to have built this net zero home as a standard for future generations, and we are eager to showcase it in the competition this fall.”
ECHO is a 940 square foot, $300,000 home with a master bedroom, one bathroom, a multipurpose room that can be used as an office or second bedroom, and a combined kitchen/living room/dining room. Designed to be ‘net zero’, the home will utilize various solar and energy efficient technologies to produce at least as much energy in a year as it will consume.
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