CONSTRUCT supports Middle Tennessee State University student research for the Net Zero Building Project by donating $750 to the Tennessee Concrete Association.
The Net Zero Building Project at TCA is being done in partnership with MTSU and a local group of sustainable construction advocates. The group utilized an Integrated Project Delivery method, including a design charette, to get input from a cross section of the community. The design produced a simple, sustainable, disaster-resistant building that can be used as permanent housing or constructed quickly after natural/manmade disasters such as an earthquake, flood, tornado, etc. This structure could be implemented rapidly to aid in a disaster relief scenario or be stationed in the landscape as a place of refuge before an impending natural disaster.