A team of students from Cape Fear Community College earned 2nd place the USGBC's natural talent design competition. They were the only community college to qualify, and they competed against 22 other teams from across the country.
The competition, now in its seventh year, gives students and young professionals the
opportunity to apply sustainable design concepts to local community building projects. Design teams compete in local competitions held by the participating chapters and host committees in USGBC’s national chapter network. The winning team from each local competition moves on to compete for a national award at Greenbuild. This year, 23 chapters hosted local competitions and sent their winning project teams to Greenbuild to compete for the national prize. The winners were chosen at Greenbuild by a jury of design professionals and were announced at the “Student and Young Professional Master Speaker Session.”
CFCC student Larry Carr represented the college at the conference and reworked the design from the state level into the format to compete nationally.
A new format for the 2010 Natural Design Competition was also revealed. In partnership with Salvation Army’s EnviRenew Initiative, the 2010 competition will focus its sights on the rebuilding effort in New Orleans, Louisiana. Competitors will be divided into students and young professionals groups and will design a LEED for Homes project that is priced affordably and is functional for elderly occupants. Up to four designs will be selected from the local competition finalists to be showcased at Greenbuild 2010 and, for the first time, the designers will see their projects built in New Orleans’ Broadmoor neighborhood.
Once the homes are built, they will enter a measurement and verification phase in which they will be graded on energy efficiency, water reuse and indoor air quality among other categories. The design team whose home performs best during measurement and verification will be awarded the final grand prize. See www.usgbc.org/naturaltalent for more details.
“The vision of USGBC to engage students and young professionals in the mission of making homeownership a financially sustainable solution through energy-efficiency, and quality of life improvements through design" said Captain Frizzell, Area Commander for New Orleans, "will develop better social equity considerations and meet the defined needs of a recovering population”
The competition, now in its seventh year, gives students and young professionals the
opportunity to apply sustainable design concepts to local community building projects. Design teams compete in local competitions held by the participating chapters and host committees in USGBC’s national chapter network. The winning team from each local competition moves on to compete for a national award at Greenbuild. This year, 23 chapters hosted local competitions and sent their winning project teams to Greenbuild to compete for the national prize. The winners were chosen at Greenbuild by a jury of design professionals and were announced at the “Student and Young Professional Master Speaker Session.”
CFCC student Larry Carr represented the college at the conference and reworked the design from the state level into the format to compete nationally.
Once the homes are built, they will enter a measurement and verification phase in which they will be graded on energy efficiency, water reuse and indoor air quality among other categories. The design team whose home performs best during measurement and verification will be awarded the final grand prize. See www.usgbc.org/naturaltalent for more details.
“The vision of USGBC to engage students and young professionals in the mission of making homeownership a financially sustainable solution through energy-efficiency, and quality of life improvements through design" said Captain Frizzell, Area Commander for New Orleans, "will develop better social equity considerations and meet the defined needs of a recovering population”
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