Forest Products Solutions Launches Sustainable Home Contest
The contest, to design a house made of Forest Stewardship Council-certified wood products, allows builders to support responsible forestry around the world.
As part of a lead-in to this year's GreenBuild Conference, Forest Products Solutions has launched the first-ever FSC-certified home design contest.
The project has been developed to provide homebuilders, architects, developers, remodelers, homeowners and other building professionals with a venue to learn about how their green building projects can incorporate FSC-certified wood and in return improve forest management standards worldwide.
This year the winning FSC House will be constructed at the USGBC's GreenBuild Conference and Expo in Chicago, which runs from November 6-8. The project offers attendees an up-close and personal experience with FSC-certified products. Additionally, the project has been developed as part of the USGBC's Emerging Green Builders group, in order to start new and aspiring builders to adopt green practices as early as possible.
"Emerging Green Builders represent the future of not only the green building industry but the planet," said Terry Campbell, a consultant for Forest Products Solutions. "Connecting these emerging professionals with the right options for responsible wood based products, whose origins are truly sustainable, is an important evolution for the green building movement and the success of the FSC system in the forest. We know that education is the key to market transformation, and the FSC House project is another step in that education process."
The FSC House Design Contest is a national competition open to individuals and small teams from university level students, of any discipline and level, to those with less than five years experience in the building industry. One winning project will be selected in early July 2007; the individual or a representative from the winning project team will be awarded with a plane ticket and full conference badge to the GreenBuild Conference.
Part of the challenge with this contest will be developing a house that can fit in a 20’x20’x10’ exhibit floor space while showcasing more than 10 building products. Other elements that will challenge prospective FSC House design teams include providing education for conference attendees, considering how to efficiently ensure that people flow through the house, and designing a house that is easy to transport. The winning design will be selected by a multi-disciplinary committee in early July 2007, and the house will be built in Portland, in September.
To learn more the FSC House project, go to FSChouse.com. All applications must be received by 5:00pm (PST), Friday, June 29th, 2007.
The project has been developed to provide homebuilders, architects, developers, remodelers, homeowners and other building professionals with a venue to learn about how their green building projects can incorporate FSC-certified wood and in return improve forest management standards worldwide.
This year the winning FSC House will be constructed at the USGBC's GreenBuild Conference and Expo in Chicago, which runs from November 6-8. The project offers attendees an up-close and personal experience with FSC-certified products. Additionally, the project has been developed as part of the USGBC's Emerging Green Builders group, in order to start new and aspiring builders to adopt green practices as early as possible.
"Emerging Green Builders represent the future of not only the green building industry but the planet," said Terry Campbell, a consultant for Forest Products Solutions. "Connecting these emerging professionals with the right options for responsible wood based products, whose origins are truly sustainable, is an important evolution for the green building movement and the success of the FSC system in the forest. We know that education is the key to market transformation, and the FSC House project is another step in that education process."
The FSC House Design Contest is a national competition open to individuals and small teams from university level students, of any discipline and level, to those with less than five years experience in the building industry. One winning project will be selected in early July 2007; the individual or a representative from the winning project team will be awarded with a plane ticket and full conference badge to the GreenBuild Conference.
Part of the challenge with this contest will be developing a house that can fit in a 20’x20’x10’ exhibit floor space while showcasing more than 10 building products. Other elements that will challenge prospective FSC House design teams include providing education for conference attendees, considering how to efficiently ensure that people flow through the house, and designing a house that is easy to transport. The winning design will be selected by a multi-disciplinary committee in early July 2007, and the house will be built in Portland, in September.
To learn more the FSC House project, go to FSChouse.com. All applications must be received by 5:00pm (PST), Friday, June 29th, 2007.
