An architectural concept from the 1930s gets an environmentally friendly facelift.

A team of students and faculty from the College of Architecture and Design and UT’s Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment (ISSE) have won a top award in the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Sustainable Design Expo in Washington, D.C. The project, “The New Norris House: A Sustainable Home for the 21st Century,” won a $75,000 award from the EPA. Tim Ezzell from ISSE and Tricia Stuth, assistant professor in the college, mentored the winning team of students. A second team of UT chemical engineering students won an honorable mention for a project reusing waste from the production of biodiesel fuel. UT faculty Paul Frymier, Robert Counce and Charles Moore (emeritus) mentored that team.

Archana Sharma, assistant professor in the College of Architecture and Design, was invited to participate in the capacity building seminar on “Rapid Urban Sector Profiling for Sustainability” organized by the UN Habitat in Nairobi. Her participation was supported by a $5,000 competitive grant by UT’s Ready for the World initiative.