Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and the American Institute of Architects, California Council (AIA CC) announced the seventh annual Architecture at Zero competition for zero net energy (ZNE) building designs. The design competition is open for entries from students and professionals worldwide now through January 30, 2018. This year, PG&E is partnering with San Francisco State University’s Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies (TRC). The design challenge is to create a ZNE bayside community education and visitor’s center in on 53 acres in Tiburon, California, that supports RTC’s mission of education and research. Entrants will design two energy-efficient buildings and offset the energy they consume through onsite renewable energy generation. Winners will be chosen by a panel of international experts and awarded up to $25,000 in prizes.
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