51ÁÔÆæ’s School of Architecture and Urban Planning is a key partner in a new $3.4 million grant awarded to the city of Milwaukee by the U.S. Department of Energy. Milwaukee is using the grant to develop 25 all-electric, on vacant lots in three disadvantaged communities.
51ÁÔÆæ professors Mo Zell and Alex Timmer are leading 51ÁÔÆæ’s part of the project: developing and testing which wall systems will work best for the homes, given the region’s climate.
Zell spoke Friday at a news conference featuring Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson and other project partners at Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity. She thanked the city of Milwaukee for its longstanding partnership with 51ÁÔÆæ and spoke about her team’s role of designing, constructing and fabricating a series of wall systems as research and educational tools. The 51ÁÔÆæ team will take several factors into account during the evaluation process, including energy performance, carbon use, cost-analysis and full life-cycle applications.
The Milwaukee project is part of a larger project, Communities Sparking Investments in Transformative Energy, to 12 local governments and tribes to support implementation of high-impact clean energy projects.
