ROXUL Sponsors Montreal Students in Sustainable Housing Worldwide Decathlon
ROXUL Inc., one of North America's largest stone wool insulation manufacturer, backs university super group TeamMTL with a Team Member Sponsorship of product and expertise. The team consisting of university students from architecture, engineering and design faculties of both McGill and Concordia will compete globally to build a net zero energy, sustainable, green energy home for The 2018 Solar Decathlon in Dezhou, China.
McGill University was invited to the 2018 China competition and later teamed up with multiple departments from Concordia to form TeamMTL. Combining technology and concepts of sustainable building practices, teams design and build one or two-story, 1290-2150 square foot fully functional, comfortable, energy generating and conserving homes. Each home is to fully facilitate all necessary household appliances and include an electric vehicle and accompanying charging station.