LEED Home/Joint Student Group

LEED Home/Joint Student Group
[Habitat For Humanity]

The Joint Student Group is a collaboration with students from San Diego State and the New School of Architecture to design and build a sustainable, LEED-Certified home for a low-income family alongside Habitat For Humanity. This past Spring Quarter, the Global TIES team was inroduced to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and the different steps that are necessary to construct a LEED-compliant house. Over the summer, Global TIES intern David La furthered the group's work while conducting additional research on sustainable practices for home construction.

Quarter Goals

The team plans to break ground in March/April 2011. This quarter, the team will organize a design charette involving students as well as members of Habitat for Humanity and other design professionals to earn LEED points and develop an integrated design team

Subteams

Green Alternatives
Construction Methods
Landscape Architecture

Client

Habitat for Humanity works to provide decent and affordable homes to low-income families.

Joint Student Group is an innovative collaboration between multidisciplinary groups at UC San Diego, San Diego State, the New School of Architecture and Design, and the University of San Diego.

Team Members:
Almeida, Joshua
Alsagoff, Zachary
Asma, Abdi
Davis, Emily
Ellis, Kelsey
Kao, Ron
La, David
Lee, Brandon
Murbach, Matt
Nguyen, Hien
Nguyen, Kristen
Park, Joseph
Phuong, Henry
Rios, Christina
Vuong, George
Vuong, George
Wong, Meredith