April 21, 2015 – Update. Richard Briginshaw, Coordinator for the Green Architecture reports – “Our Green Architecture students (Jessica Leblond and Nikita Kumar) did an excellent job with their project presentation and represented Algonquin College extremely well. I have attached some photos. Although they did not receive an award, they received some very positive comments from the four judges and others for their work. Of the 33 teams entered in the competition, most were university level teams with an average of 10 students per team, and most started work in September. Our team of three students only began work in January, but still managed to make an impressive showing.”
Congratulations to all on a job well done!
Original Story below
From April 17th through 20th, two Green Architecture students (Jessica Leblond and Nikita Kumar) and one professor (Richard Briginshaw) will be travelling to Golden, Colorado, for the students to present their submission in the U.S. Department of Energy “Race to Zero” Student Design
Competition (http://energy.gov/eere/buildings/2015-race-zero-competition-details ). The “Race to Zero” is a high profile international competition to design extremely energy efficient (“net zero”) housing, encouraging students to work directly with a “real world” builder to improve the energy performance of residential buildings. There are 33 teams entered, representing 27 universities and colleges from the U.S. and Canada.
Our team of students have been working on their design since January. This event is the culminating presentation to a panel of professional judges. There will also be an awards ceremony, tours to nearby sustainable buildings, and educational conference seminars given by experts.
This is also an excellent networking opportunity to meet other faculty and students from various International post-secondary institutions. This will provide a chance to establish connections for possible recruitment to our programs, and future collaborations or exchange of knowledge and ideas. This event will provide international exposure for Algonquin College. The students will have the experience of sharing their ideas with industry professionals and students from other post-secondary schools. They would also attend presentations from other student teams and learn from alternative approaches to net-zero design.
Best of luck at the competition!
