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• Helene Hilger, Ph.D., UNCC Professor Emeritus <br />• George Selembo Ph.D., IDEAS (Infrastructure Design Environment and Sustainability) <br />Faculty Fellow and CEO of InfoSense, Inc., and <br />• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) staff. <br />The budget for this project has not been set, and the fund source has not been identified. Work on <br />these two issues will commence during the 2013 fall semester. <br />Year -Round Hoop House Urban Farming, <br />The goal of this project is explore the use of hoop houses for year -round urban farming. Building <br />on the work being done by Growing Power Inc. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, students and faculty at <br />UNCC will research low - energy, non - fossil fuel dependent methods for extending the growing <br />season in an urban context for a wide variety of crops. A secondary goal is to investigate the <br />feasibility of vertical farming. <br />The budget for this project has not been set, and the fund source has not been identified. Work on <br />these two issues will commence during the 2013 fall semester. <br />In closing, I thank you again for facilitating this opportunity. Please do not hesitate to contact me if <br />you have any questions. <br />Sincerely, <br />J <br />Thomas A. Gentry AIA, LEED AP, CDT <br />Director of the Laboratory for Innovative Housing <br />Associate Professor of Architecture <br />ThomasGentrV@uncc.edu <br />704.687.0118 o <br />312.953.6997 m <br />The UNIVERSITY of NORTH CAROLINA at CHARLOTTE <br />Pr� cq!�rd OE;�:+o� n:nityrANii fn =.u�� Action p; e�ployer Attachment number 4 <br />G -2 Page 213 <br />