TORONTO — Grundfos donated three energy-efficient circulators to Team Ontario’s eco-home entry for the U.S. Department of Energy’s biennial Solar Decathlon competition Oct. 3 to Oct. 13 in Irvine, Calif.
Team Ontario, which comprised students from Carleton University, Algonquin College and Queen’s University, spent the past 18 months designing and building ECHO, an ultracompact, net-zero energy, solar-powered home, for the competition. The entry won first place in the engineering portion of the contest, which takes into account each home’s functionality, efficiency, innovation, reliability and documentation.
Team Ontario, which comprised students from Carleton University, Algonquin College and Queen’s University, spent the past 18 months designing and building ECHO, an ultracompact, net-zero energy, solar-powered home, for the competition. The entry won first place in the engineering portion of the contest, which takes into account each home’s functionality, efficiency, innovation, reliability and documentation.