Congratulations to Team 2 – Fireside Café for winning the inaugural SSMU Sustainability Case Competition!
In second place, Team 4 – Growing Grounds; and in third place, Team 6 – Thatched Roof Café!
Over 700 people attended the Expo on March 14 and over 500 people voted for their favourite café concept. Congratulations to all the participants once again. Well done.
Stay tuned for next year!
Date: March 14, 2012
Time: 10 AM – 3 PM
Place: SSMU Ballroom (3rd Floor)
Remember the Arch Cafe?
Six groups are competing to design the next sustainable, student-run cafe. On March 14th, they will be showcasing their proposals to YOU. Vote for your favourite concept from 10AM – 3PM! The student-run café will be built in the SSMU building in 2012-2013!
Attend the event on Facebook and follow us on twitter @SSMUExpo!
A bunch of like-minded organizations and businesses will be exhibiting throughout the EXPO! Companies like Dessau, Aedifica, and Ambrosia will be showcasing their environmentally sustainable products and giving them out for FREE. Let’s fill the ballroom on March 14th and support our students, the next student-run café, and a sustainable future.
The EXPO is the final day of the competition: each team will present their Café Proposal to the judging panel and to the McGill community.
After the Architecture café was closed in September 2010, a lot of interest was generated at the prospect of establishing a student-run café on campus. A recent discussion among the undergraduate faculty presidents brought about the idea of creating a case competition for the design of a café, created by students, run by students and for the students – all with environmental and economic sustainability in mind.
And so, the SSMU Sustainability Case Competition was born. The competition has three main objectives:
Check out the competition in Le Délit!
Students are asked to communicate their vision for the new sustainable student-run café. In the first round, teams of six students are asked to submit a short descriptive proposal for the sustainable, student-run café.
The requirements for the second round are a bit more comprehensive. Throughout the second round, the teams will be mentored by professionals in the environmental sustainability industry. The best proposal is chosen by a panel of judges (including the mentors) during an exposition day in the middle of March. The winning team receives a prize of $ 6000 and the prestige of having a potentially implementable design plan for the new student-run café!
First place: team prize of $4,000
Second place: team prize of $2,000
Third place: team prize of $1,000
Stay tuned for details about the Exposition Day in March 2012, where all the teams will present their ideas!
For more information on how the competition is organized, check out the Format page.
