Winners


2023-2024 Final Competition Winners

Izzi Bryant, Maddax Frye, Ema Horner, and Sophie Kudron, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

The Challenge: The objective of this challenge is to improve the building envelope performance of new or existing residential buildings by reducing energy consumption in a cost-effective and accessible way.

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Andreas Hoess, Aaron Farha, Levi Premer, and Rebecca Lu, Purdue University

The Challenge: This challenge focuses on developing an innovative solution for thermal energy storage for buildings to optimize energy utilization, enhance sustainability, and increase resilience. The solutions could involve (but are not limited to) integration of materials, systems, and controls for the storage and release of energy.

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Rebekah Shields, Worcester Polytechnical Institute

The Challenge: This challenge focuses on developing an innovative solution for thermal energy storage for buildings to optimize energy utilization, enhance sustainability, and increase resilience. The solutions could involve (but are not limited to) integration of materials, systems, and controls for the storage and release of energy.

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Spencer Marinac and Jared Williams, Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University

The Challenge: This challenge focuses on developing an innovative solution for thermal energy storage for buildings to optimize energy utilization, enhance sustainability, and increase resilience. The solutions could involve (but are not limited to) integration of materials, systems, and controls for the storage and release of energy.

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2023-2024 Challenge-level Winners

Jared Williams, Gianluca Borgese, Martin Rosales, and Spencer Marinac, Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University

The Challenge: This challenge focuses on developing an innovative solution for thermal energy storage for buildings to optimize energy utilization, enhance sustainability, and increase resilience. The solutions could involve (but are not limited to) integration of materials, systems, and controls for the storage and release of energy.

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Andreas Hoess, Aaron Farha, Levi Premer, and Rebecca Lu, Purdue University

The Challenge: This challenge focuses on developing an innovative solution for thermal energy storage for buildings to optimize energy utilization, enhance sustainability, and increase resilience. The solutions could involve (but are not limited to) integration of materials, systems, and controls for the storage and release of energy.

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Rebekah Shields, Matthew Lydon, Timothy Rinaldi, and Phillip Cass, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

The Challenge: This challenge focuses on developing an innovative solution for thermal energy storage for buildings to optimize energy utilization, enhance sustainability, and increase resilience. The solutions could involve (but are not limited to) integration of materials, systems, and controls for the storage and release of energy.

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Israel Bryant, Maddax Frye, Sophie Kudron, and Ema Horner, University of Nebraska Lincoln

The Challenge: The objective of this challenge is to improve the building envelope performance of new or existing residential buildings by reducing energy consumption in a cost-effective and accessible way.

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Autumn Walton and Amaya Burse, North Carolina A&T State University

The Challenge: The objective of this challenge is to improve the building envelope performance of new or existing residential buildings by reducing energy consumption in a cost-effective and accessible way.

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Gaon Ok, Vivien Zheng, and Aakruthi Karthic, The University of Texas at Austin

The Challenge: The objective of this challenge is to improve the building envelope performance of new or existing residential buildings by reducing energy consumption in a cost-effective and accessible way.

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Ankit Soni, Emilio Nava, Felix Ekuful, and Harriet Darkwah, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

The Challenge: The objective of this challenge is to develop an innovative solution that will reduce carbon emissions from U.S. buildings (residential or commercial, new or existing). Problem statements can address embodied carbon emissions and/or operational carbon emissions. Innovative solutions should lead to significant reductions in carbon emissions and increased affordability for identified stakeholder groups to obtain new technologies.

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Aayusha Chapagain and Olayinka Olaosebikan, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

The Challenge: The objective of this challenge is to develop an innovative solution that will reduce carbon emissions from U.S. buildings (residential or commercial, new or existing). Problem statements can address embodied carbon emissions and/or operational carbon emissions. Innovative solutions should lead to significant reductions in carbon emissions and increased affordability for identified stakeholder groups to obtain new technologies.

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Rohaan Saripella and Mason Sirianni, The University of Texas at Austin

The Challenge: The objective of this challenge is to develop an innovative solution that will reduce carbon emissions from U.S. buildings (residential or commercial, new or existing). Problem statements can address embodied carbon emissions and/or operational carbon emissions. Innovative solutions should lead to significant reductions in carbon emissions and increased affordability for identified stakeholder groups to obtain new technologies.

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