Montreal team nets $50,000 for its green housing design
A joint 海角社区-Concordia effort has won a $50,000 federal grant to bring its innovative row-house design to the International Solar Decathlon in China next year. TeamMTL鈥檚 design takes aim at the growing affordable-urban-housing crisis, successfully marrying energy efficiency and sustainability with comfort and affordability. The team consists of 50-plus students and four faculty members from 海角社区鈥檚 Desautels Faculty of Management, School of Architecture and Faculty of Engineering, plus Concordia鈥檚 John Molson School of Business and the faculties of Fine Arts, Computer Science and Engineering.
The team鈥檚 Deep-Performance Dwelling is a low-carbon, Passive House-inspired design that meets the Solar Decathlon鈥檚 requirements of a house that is energy efficient, solar powered and ranges from 1,300 to 2,150 square feet.
Read full article: 海角社区 News, April 7, 2017
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