Sponsors
A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SPONSORS!
Diamond Sponsors
Illinois Green Fund (IGF) / Student Sustainability Committee
ISD is partnering with Habitat for Humanity for the second consecutive Build Challenge. With our missions aligning to provide affordable housing, Habitat for Humanity finds a family to call our built houses a home.
Illinois Green Fund (IGF) / Student Sustainability Committee
ISD is partnering with Habitat for Humanity for the second consecutive Build Challenge. With our missions aligning to provide affordable housing, Habitat for Humanity finds a family to call our built houses a home.
Platinum Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Ameren Illinois
Ameren Illinois provides daily power to homes and businesses across Illinois. However, the company's dedication goes beyond just supplying power. They also invest in empowering the community through various programs, volunteer efforts, and investments in the youth, neighbors, and the economy.
Solar edge
SolarEdge is a clean energy solutions company, improving the way solar energy is produced, consumed, and managed across a wide range of applications and industries. Our vision is to create a world powered by clean, sustainable energy. Our mission is to develop and scale renewable energy technologies that improve the way we generate, store and use electrical power in every aspect of our lives.
Jeld-wen
Jeld-Wen's mission is to lead the global building products industry by delivering superior products through a team of great people who are committed to excellence. The company takes its responsibility seriously as its products enter people's workplaces, homes, and daily lives, ensuring that they are reliable and enhance the places they touch. Jeld-Wen's culture reflects its Purpose, Vision, and Values, which are ingrained in the behaviors and actions of its associates who are genuinely committed to these principles.
Bronze Sponsors
KingSpan
From Kingspan’s beginnings in 1965, the unique spirit of Kingspan’s people has driven our success - entrepreneurial, ambitious, can-do, grounded, customer-focused and friendly. Today, their culture is driven by their Planet's Passionate vision, our relentless focus on innovation, and their commitment to excellence in product compliance, business integrity, and customer experience.
Lunos
LUNOS emerged in 1959 from the family business of the building contractor and architect Benno Schöttler, who had manufactured ventilation shafts and blocks from 1949 onwards and subsequently concentrated on the development of small fans for the residential sector. Lunos has generously provided us with their Lunos e2 60 HRV Units and their Lunos eGO Bathroom HRV units, helping us achieve our goal of a more energy-efficient home!
Mission solar
High-Power, High-Quality. This is what comes to mind when you think of Mission Solar Energy. Our name is synonymous with quality, and we engineer our modules under the strictest quality standards. Mission Solar panels are built three times tougher than industry standards. Mission Solar has provided us with their MSE395SX9R top-of-the-line solar panels. Their generosity has allowed us to make our house run on solar energy.
marfa cabinets
Marfa Cabinets is a Chicago-based manufacturer of sophisticated, high-end kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities. We blend modern and traditional designs to create a new, yet timeless look without sacrificing practical storage needs. Our incredibly talented in-house team of professional designers and craftsmen can help you realize your dream project down to the finest detail. The products are crafted and produced in the USA at our Illinois facility, using state-of-the-art materials and equipment imported from Europe to provide you with the highest quality.
Orange and blue Sponsors
Partners
Habitat for Humanity
ISD is partnering with Habitat for Humanity for the second consecutive Build Challenge. With our missions aligning to provide affordable housing, Habitat for Humanity finds a family to call our built houses a home.
ARUP
With the support of ISD alumnus, George Yonke (MechSE ‘17), ISD Build and Design Team are partners with ARUP for design mentorship in the following disciplines: Mechanical/ HVAC, Electrical/PV, Plumbing, Structural, and Civil/Landscape. Each team has had full design reviews as well as individual meetings with their respective disciplines to get industry support. In addition to design mentorship, the ARUP team hosted a guest lecture to present to ISD students about Who ARUP is and what the firm does for students interested in full time or internship positions.
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
MWE’s Chicago office provided their services pro bono for the creation of the nonprofit, Build Solar, Inc. Having a nonprofit run by a Board of Directors on the Executive Board allows the team to work with external partners and sponsors for the Solar Decathlon Build Challenge. Without this nonprofit, the opportunity to donate the Build Challenge’s homes would not be possible.
Whiting Turner contracting
WT assists with construction planning and professional advice regarding build submissions during weekly meetings. Specifically, the construction team is working closely with WT to create a Primavera P6 schedule.
Rainwater Management Solutions
Rainwater Management Solutions (RMS) is consulting with the ISD Build Team to assist in the design of a complete rainwater harvesting system. This system will contain their proprietary WISY Vortex Pre-Filter to keep debris out of the tank, and it will also include the necessary pumps and filters that will be needed in order to distribute the reclaimed water throughout the yard and home. RMS specializes in low-maintenance systems which made consulting with them an easy choice.
Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture
With the support of ISD alumnus, Michael Hines (M.Arch ‘11), Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture has provided design support to the Architecture Build Team providing feedback on the conceptual design and feasibility.
Occupational safety and health administration (OSHA)
With the support of OSHA representative Chris Hanson, some of our members received certification for the 10-hour OSHA Hazardous Materials Training Program, which greatly aids our construction and safety efforts.