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Title
Build Challenge
Subtitle
2023

University Of California, Berkeley & University Of San Francisco*

A rendered model of the team's home for the 2023 Build Challenge.

This finalist team will not be competing in spring 2023 and will instead be exhibiting their zero energy home in spring 2024.

Team Name: UC Berkeley + University of San Francisco.  Sustainability, Education, and Arts Development (SEAD) Center

Build Location: Tiny House Empowerment Village (THEV)—the world’s first tiny house village for formerly unhoused youth aged 18–25, Oakland, California

This 1,280 ft2 community center will be built and then dissembled/reassembled as a demonstration for emergency relocation.

Key Features:

  • Water recycling and treatment
  • Microgrid control algorithms
  • Community-focused design process