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Advanced Energy's N.C. Sustainable Building Design Competition [NCSBDC] is a program to engage students in the state’s universities and community colleges to learn and apply the lessons of sustainable design and construction. Each year statewide winners see their design built as part of the grand prize. The competition is being held in conjunction with the Triangle Emerging Green Builder Natural Talent Design Competition.

Student teams design a home for a particular region in North Carolina incorporating a sustainable approach to design that includes

• energy efficiency
  
• renewable energy
• building science
• indoor environmental quality
• water conservation
• material selection
• universal design
• community and historic preservation
• hazard mitigation
• affordability

By participating in this program, all students become better prepared to incorporate sustainable design methods into their work and to bring this experience to the design and construction professions.