Eco

EcoHus is a full-built home designed and constructed by a small team of UCSC students which competed in the Orange County Sustanability Decathalon. EcoHus won best in category for innovation, energy efficiency, and water use. EcoHus integrates a host of cutting edge techniques into a self contained off-grid system that minimises environmental impacts over the life of the building while saving costs durring construction and use.

For the 2020 US Department of Energy Geothermal Design Challenge, our team wanted to tackle the lack of public awareness around the potential of next-gen geothermal energy and technologies that are making it possible.