Eco Abet Winter Charrette 2012 for Cultivate KC

On December 11^th 2012, Eco Abet hosted first Winter Charrette for CultivateKC to design an energy efficient greenhouse for the low income urban farmers. Eco Abet brought together two design teams consisting of Kansas City designers, engineers and greenhouse experts to take this challenge. There were over 20 participants and two charrette teams participated in the charrette.  The charrette took place from 11:30 am to 4:30 pm, followed by a presentation started at 4.30 pm.

Eco Abet would like to thank BNIM for letting us use their space. Thank you to our non profit partner Cultivate KC. Finally the Winter Charrette would not be a success without the charrette team leaders Bob Berkebile and Dominique Davision and their enthusiastic team members.

Thank you everyone for supporting Eco Abet to advance it’s mission. We will keep you informed on our plans to take these projects forward. We hope to see you all at a future charrette.

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By Naresh Kumar Chauhan

 

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Unlike many, Gibbs is in a unique position to aid the Haitians in a big way.

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