{"id":21866,"date":"2016-12-02T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/?p=21866"},"modified":"2016-12-05T11:41:49","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T16:41:49","slug":"pge-and-the-american-institute-of-architects-california-council-announce-winners-of-zero-net-energy-design-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/pge-and-the-american-institute-of-architects-california-council-announce-winners-of-zero-net-energy-design-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"PG&E and the American Institute of Architects, California Council, Announce Winners of Zero Net Energy Design Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and the American Institute of Architects, California Council<\/a> (AIACC) today announced the winners of the sixth annual Architecture at Zero<\/a> competition for zero net energy (ZNE) building design. The competition has awarded six student and professional winners with a total of $25,000 in prizes.
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For the sixth year of the PG&E-sponsored competition, contestants designed ZNE student housing at the San Francisco State University campus. With 60 entries, this year\u2019s competition garnered double the amount of applicants as in previous years. Applicants designed plans for student housing that will be ZNE, producing as much clean energy as is used during a year through energy efficiency and onsite renewable energy generation such as rooftop solar.<\/p>\n

Preparing for the next generation of building design, the competition encourages architecture, engineering, planning and design students or professionals to put ZNE at the forefront of their plans. California state policy calls for all new homes to be ZNE by 2020 and all new commercial construction to be ZNE by 2030.<\/p>\n

Winners for student entries:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n