NESEA's 2013-14 Student Design Competition was formally launched on August 19.
The competition is focused on Net-Zero Energy design across four competition divisions; commercial and residential, new construction and rehabilitation, and is targeting undergraduate and graduate student design-teams and their faculty advisors from design, engineering and building science colleges and universities throughout the 10 northeastern state that NESEA serves. The competition's Design Guide can be located at http://www.neseastudentdesigncompetition.org/NESEA-SDCDesignGuide.pdf.
This effort is a resurgent activity for NESEA, after a three-year hiatus, to reinstitute and firmly implant a cornerstone program for NESEA that holds the promise of spinning off benefits and impacts in every direction going forward; for faculty and students in 10 states, for Holyoke (this year) and all locales in the northeast, smaller and larger, now and in the future, for sponsors and supporters of the effort, for design and building professionals, and for NESEA and our overall mission.
If you are interested in helping out with sponsor recruitment or faculty and student-team recruitment, contact Joe Bosworth at jbosw@earthlink.net or at 413-684-0850.