UWI Breaks Ground for Region’s First Net Zero Energy Building

From the University of the West Indies Communications Office – May 11, 2016

Construction of the Caribbean’s first Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB) is to commence shortly at The University of the West Indies (UWI).

Ground was broken yesterday (May 10) for the approximately J$61.48 million (US$500,000) project, which will be situated along Gibraltar Way on the Mona campus. It is intended to serve as a prototype for the construction of similar structures in the region.

The project is being implemented by UWI’s Institute for Sustainable Development, with technical assistance from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and funding from the Global Environment Facility.

A NZEB is a building in which the total amount of energy used on an annual basis is approximate to the amount of renewable energy created on that site.