Our Project
teamMADE is a partnership of students, faculty, and staff from UC Irvine and Orange Coast College with a vision to design, engineer, and build an energy-efficient solar-powered home that addresses climate change and California’s housing needs. As one of fourteen international collegiate teams competing in the Orange County Sustainability Decathlon, we will display our house at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa from October 5-15, 2023. State dignitaries, industry professionals, school-age children, and the public will also tour the houses during the competition period.The Orange County Sustainability Decathlon
A collegiate design-and-build competition focused on sustainable housing. The OCSD challenges university teams to design and build model solar-powered homes that address climate change and California’s housing needs. OCSD23 teams will showcase innovative, market-ready model homes to display in a sustainable village which will be open to the public.
Sustainable and Modular
Centrally located in Orange County, teamMADE is uniquely positioned to utilize FrameCAD, a sustainable, resilient, and adaptable/flexible cold formed steel framing system that enables us to design and construct affordable and modular Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). Our fully-functional, innovative and market-ready ADU will showcase our vision for adding much needed housing stock to our communities, providing equity and wealth generation, and lifting people out of homelessness.
Showcase
With a floor plan of 750 square feet, our house qualifies as a California ADU with development exemption, has the capability to go off-grid, and is equipped with state-of-the-art engineering and control systems, home automation, water and energy conservation. Additionally, our ADU will provide a welcoming, beautiful home with healthy materials and a compelling design.
Our Client
Our highly multi-disciplinary team of students, faculty, staff, and community members is proud to build this house for a real client!
After the competition four young men overcoming trauma from substance abuse, foster care, and homelessness will make our house their healing home while participating in the CHESS program run by our partner, Homeless Intervention Services-OC (HIS-OC), in Placentia, California. It is an inspiring experience for our students to work on a real-life project, tackle the grand challenges of our times, and to make a real difference in our community.
Check out the OC Sustainability Decathlon
Contact
Jennifer Wilkens, UCI
jwilkens@uci.edu
Mark Walter, UCI
m.walter@uci.edu