Warrior Home

The Warrior Home Design Team is a multidisciplinary student design team at the University of Waterloo working towards implementing a high-performance, sustainable, and net-zero energy building in the affordable housing market. Each year the team hopes to partner with a community that seeks to improve building design with a focus on sustainability and resilience. In 2019 Warrior Home partnered with The Chippewas of Nawash, an indigenous community settled along the Grey Bruce peninsula on the Neyaashiiningmiing reserve, and Habitat for Humanity Grey Bruce. The optimized design, centred around energy efficiency and best construction practices, is an innovative and an affordable single detached home that is molded around the communitys unique needs while minimizing utility bills, as well as reduce the initial price of the home. Members of the Warrior Home Design Team will spend 2019 volunteering with Habitat for Humanity Grey Bruce to build the house and bring the design to life. E...