Our Current Projects
Each project at ENRICH Earth is completely student-led. Our teams are responsible for everything from designing and engineering the creative product with industry-standard software, to preparing the marketing materials and business connections that are necessary to produce and bring the project to life.
We are a new organization, and our founding operation is called R’Home, UCR’s first-ever submission in the Orange County Sustainability Decathlon. A typical project takes about 1 to 2 years of continued engagement by our students at UC Riverside.
As our projects develop, you can check out their progress by clicking the links below to learn more about how we are making a huge impact on our Earth, one ambitious project at a time!
May, 2022 - October, 2023
This 2-year competition challenges multi-disciplinary students to design and build market-ready eco-friendly homes to present during the Orange County Sustainability Decathlon. These state-of-the-art houses will be assembled and ready to showcase to the public on October 5th, 2023 at the Orange County Fair. The public is invited to tour the homes in person and online, and each of the 18 competing schools will be judged by a jury based on 10 competition factors.
Find out more about our incredible journey so far by clicking the link above.
Sustainable Drywall Development
September, 2022 - Ongoing
The purpose of this project is to create a more sustainable and environmentally friendly form of drywall. The researched drywall will be manufactured using more sustainable methods, stronger, better-insulated, and potentially even cheaper in mass production than standard drywall. This new drywall will supersede traditional drywall used in houses and will lead to a greener future in housing development.
September, 2022 - June, 2023
37% of total U.S. renewable electricity generation and 93% of grid-scale energy storage—and yet it still has untapped potential and significant opportunity for growth.
Competitors will design a concept to solve leading hydropower challenges, participate in the Connection Creation Contest and the Case Study Contest, and present their work at Waterpower Week in Spring 2023 or a similar industry event. They will also produce several deliverables throughout the year to help promote their efforts, attend monthly all-team calls to hear updates from competition organizers and industry guest speakers, and participate in several educational and industry-focused webinars.
December, 2022 - May, 2023
Marine energy has the potential to provide reliable power to the blue economy, but further work is needed to optimize designs and reduce costs. The competition’s objectives are to bring together diverse groups of students from multiple disciplines to explore opportunities for marine energy technologies to benefit other existing maritime industries via real-world concept development experiences.
Project Hummingbird is working to create a sustainable method of entertainment during large public events held at the UCR. During past events, fireworks have been used as a form of public display, which are not only harmful to the environment because of the toxic chemicals, waste, and fumes that they release into the atmosphere, but also the fabrication of these explosives is toxic to the environment. Fireworks cause extensive air pollution in a short amount of time, leaving metal particles, dangerous toxins, harmful chemicals and smoke in the air for hours and days. Project Hummingbird is working to create a fleet of drones that will perform synchronous flight operations in order to replace hazardous fireworks.
