Two Bhutanese won the Design for Energy-Efficient Buildings.
A Civil Engineer from Bhutan Power Corporation, Kinley Yangdon, won in the energy efficient design of a single-family home category. The Chief Associate Architect at Gandara Designs, Tshering Wangchuk, won the community centre category.
The competition was held in July this year.
The Managing Director of the Austrian Development Agency, Brigitte Oeppinger-Walchshofer, awarded the certificates to the winners.
They will also participate in the summer academy on Green Building Solutions that begins in July next year in Vienna, Austria.
The competition was initiated by the Austrian Development Cooperation in collaboration with the Department of Renewable Energy of the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
