Green Energy Challenge
| Published: 08/15/2011 |
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Congratulations to MSOE's student chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA). They are finalists in the 2011 Green Energy Challenge Student Competition! They will present their entries at NECA's annual convention in San Diego on Oct. 22. MSOE students won the competition last year, and it was their first year competing!
The competition is sponsored by ELECTRI International - The Foundation for Electrical Construction and NECA, and was open to teams of students studying electrical construction, engineering, design and management. The students were challenged to conduct an energy audit of a dormitory at their university. They focused on lighting systems, opportunities for overall dormitory energy efficiency, and student/campus energy awareness. All efforts were undertaken from the perspective of a design-build electrical contractor.
MSOE students analyzed the Roy W. Johnson Residence Hall on MSOE’s campus for the competition. The team of architectural engineering majors studied the 89,500 square-foot building and recommended updating the building’s lighting and heating controls. They also recommended installing solar panels to heat water and reduce energy costs. Their final plans were financially sound and followed LEED standards.
Dr. Dudley Outcalt, civil and architectural engineering and construction management assistant professor, is the faculty advisor for MSOE’s NECA student chapter, and members Jessica Iversen, Brandon Jacobson, Noelle Layman, Tanya Otto, Jessica Phillips, Elise Pinkerton and Dylan Sandretto represented MSOE in the competition.
Pictured above are: back row (left to right): Jessica Iversen, Elise Pinkerton, Jessica Phillips, Noelle Layman. Front row (left to right): Brandon Jacobson, Dr. Dudley Outcalt, architectural engineering and building construction assistant professor and faculty advisor for MSOE's NECA student chapter, Dylan Sandretto.