Current New Venture Competitor Team, Green Pieces,
Captures Top Prizes for Business Plan and Sustainability

Green Pieces Student Team:
Max DuBuisson, Kelly Schmandt, Nicole Dejonghe, & Jamie Britto

Green Pieces won 1st place, $3,000, in the William James Foundation's Socially Responsible Business Plan Competition! They also received 2nd place -- $1,000 in the separate Sustainability Prize competition.

"We attribute our presentation content and skills to the practice and feedback we received from presenting in TMP classes. Applying TMP's curriculum to a non-academic, national competition has been a huge validation for us." ~ Green Pieces

Max DuBuisson of Green Pieces discusses his company's
plan to build green modular homes

Green Pieces addresses the huge growth in green building by offering attractive sustainable modular homes that are healthier and more affordable than current options.

This is the first group project to be developed as a collaboration between the Technology Management Program and the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at UCSB. The student members are taking classes through both programs to meet the requirements of the new Eco-Entrepreneurship specialization.

They will be developing a business plan along with an established architecture and design firm that is interested in creating a new business to design and manufacture sustainable modular homes. The research will be informed by our environmental expertise gained through the Bren School, as well our skills in handling the creation of a new venture, gained through the Technology Management Program.

The ultimate goal is to bring to market new modular homes that are both sustainable and affordable.

"Green Living for the Rest of Us" Click Here to read more information (pdf)