Summer Session 2007
Green Affordable Housing in Indian Country Wisconsin

A Hands-on “Green” Construction Training Program

Students and faculty will work with experienced builders from Tribal Housing Offices to construct “green affordable housing”. The construction methods are based on code-compliant Light Straw-Clay Walls and Energy Efficient Thermal Mass approach adapted to Northern climates by the non-profit Architects, Design Coalition, Madison Wisconsin (designcoalition.org). This program will include both “hands-on” and classroom instruction in principles of green housing and conservation masterplan/site design.

Instructors:
Lou Host-Jablonski, AIA Principal, Design Coalition, WI
Shawn Kelly, ASLA, Principal, Kelly Design Group, WI
Robert LaPorte, Director, EcoNest Building Center, NM
Douglas Piltingsrud, Ph.D. Building Materials Science, MN
Susan Thering, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, UW-Madison

Limited enrollment by permission of instructor.
Preference will be given to experienced builders working with affordable housing organizations, and students from professional design and planning programs.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Participants from Tribal Colleges and/or Tribal Housing Offices are eligible for scholarships and/or internships from the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Foundation.
 
If accepted, students may enroll for 3 week or 8 week summer sessions, and earn up to 4 college credits from the University of Wisconsin.

Send inquiries to: Sue Thering  sathering@wisc.edu. Please include your name and contact information, and a name and contact information for your school and/or employer. If you are accepted, you will be contacted with enrollment instructions. In addition to tuition, costs to students will include transportation, meals, and lodging, and Lab/Field Trip Fees of $500.