Final Call for Built Environment Students

Southside Hereford University Design Challenge is based on a live project to design a community centre out of timber to meet Passivhaus Standard. The competition registration deadline has been extended until 21st February. What are you waiting for – get involved!

Built environment students – are you ready to take on the challenge of building in a climate crisis? Buildings account for almost 40% of global carbon emissions. The design decisions you make today have lasting impacts. Ensure they attribute to climate action solutions rather than rather than exaccerbate the problem.

Southside Hereford University Design Challenge is based on a live project and aims to provide a creative vehicle for ALL students across construction disciplines to improve their climate literacy.

Come together as multi-disciplinary teams and design an 800m² community centre out of timber to meet Passivhaus Standard for £1.6 million. If you have only just found out about this challenge, do not worry – we have not yet started and are still forming teams. Software will be distributed until March, and the final detailed brief is yet to be released.

The competition registration deadline has been extended until 21st February. What are you waiting for – get involved!

 

 

WHY YOU SHOULD GET INVOLVED Improve your climate literacy Heavily influence a live project Benefit from FREE educational resources, support, and webinars Get in front of leading industry professionals & potential employers Experience interdisciplinary collaboration & broaden your professional networks Access the latest design modelling tools, such as PHPP, DesignPH, PHribbon, and Trimble SketchUp. Win attractive cash prizes and an expenses-paid-for awards ceremony in July! It is FREE to enter.

 

Multi-disciplinary Teams

Collaboration is a huge part of this challenge. You can either create your team or be placed into a team with other participants. Teams should consist of 4-8 people and must be multi-disciplinary. The competition is free to enter and open to:

• All students currently enrolled at a UK University on a built environment course (at any level from BA to PhD.) 
• 2021 built environment graduates 

 

The Passivhaus Trust is partnering with the competition led by Timber Development UK, alongside the New Model Institute of Technology and Engineering (NMITE) and Edinburgh Napier University. 

 

Further Information

2022 Student Competition: University Design Challenge

Registration & eligibility

Passivhaus Trust Student Engagement

Previous Passivhaus Student Competitions

Mythbusting Passivhaus with ACAN

13th February 2022

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Get involved with the UK Passivhaus community

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