Zero-energy home is student's goal

 

Rémi Charron, a student in Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, has won an award from the Canadian Council for Human Resources in the Environment Industry for his project on a zero-energy solar home.

A zero-energy solar home utilizes thermal and photovoltaic solar collectors to generate the energy required to run the house. Charron is looking at various international projects to promote low and zero energy homes and reviewing emerging technologies.

“It seemed like a perfect opportunity to both learn what other people are doing, and to generate interest in the research that I am doing.”

The 2005 Student Awards for Environmental Excellence are given in recognition of the contribution of student research to environmental business. The five winners were chosen from 42 poster abstracts.

Each recipient gets $1,000 and the opportunity to present research to environmental industry leaders at Americana, a biennial conference on environmental technologies going on this week at the Montreal Convention Centre.

Meanwhile, the only Canadian entry in the Solar Decathlon, taking place in Washington, D.C., will be on display on the Loyola Campus, starting tomorrow.