On April 6, 2010, 32 students from the Foundations for Sustainable Energy course of the Environmental Engineering Technology degree program made their project presentations on Transition towards Sustainable Energy Homes.
This 10-week course reviewed the energy flows in community infrastructure, such as buildings, roads, and service operations, to identify opportunities for implementing energy systems and technologies that are moving towards sustainability. For the final project, students were to tackle this important current issue: creating sustainable energy home plans.
Expert panellists were invited to critique the student-proposed plans at the end of the course. The invited panellists were Alexandre Hebert from BCIT, Aviva Savelson from Stantec, Richard Siegenthaler from Hemmera, Troy Glasner from E3 Ecogroup, and Ronan Chester from MHPM Project Managers Inc.
The students were judged in three areas: sustainability planning, economic feasibility, and innovation in technology and/or plan. Three student groups were recognized in these areas and received awards for Best Sustainable Energy Plan, Most Economically Feasible Plan, and Innovation .
Winners of the Best Sustainable Energy Plan, L-R: Donnavan Meierhofer, Fernanda Cunha, and Mohsen Molavi.
Winners of the Most Economically Feasible Plan, L-R: Geoff Hatch, Steven Hait, Rory Chudley and Tim Weaver. Not shown: Tyler Schon.
Winners of the Innovation Award, L-R: Trevor Impey, Paul Williamson, Shane Laye, Jason Grafstrom, and Stavi Dreger.
