Algonquin College Green Architecture Students win big at the North East Sustainable Energy Program Design Competition!

Posted on Tuesday, February 25th, 2014

Algonquin College Green Architecture students were in Boston last week to receive the results from the North East Sustainable Energy Design Competition. The group did incredibly well an won 2nd Place and 3rd Place in Division I, as well as 2nd Place in Division II! The students are thrilled with their results as is Rick Briginshaw, the Coordinator for the Green Architecture program. Please click on the link above for more information and photos of the winning Algonquin College teams.The purpose of this competition is to “To engage the next generation of designers and engineers in the key energy issues and strategies of the day, NESEA sponsors an annual design competition for college and university students. The target participants include college, university and building science design programs in the 10 states in NESEA’s region from Maine to Washington D.C., plus the Eastern Canadian Provinces. In 2013-14 we have 9 colleges and universities and 17 teams competing across the four divisions.”

The Second and Third place prizes for each of the four Divisions: Up to 4 Two-day passes for Building Energy 14 conference in Boston in March, plus a cash award of $500 for 2nd place, $250 for 3rd place. The other participating Algonquin team receives a merit award and a cash prize of $125. To learn more about this competition please visit http://www.neseastudentdesigncompetition.org/