The UCI/OCC team specially designed “luminOCity” for Placentia nonprofit Homeless Intervention Services of Orange County, measuring out a plot of land where the structure will serve as transitional housing for men ages 18 to 24. … Another modular entry was the LUCID home designed by a team of UCI civil and environmental engineering graduate and undergrad students. … “This house actually absorbs carbon dioxide,” explained engineering professor and team adviser Ayman S. Mosallam. “Usually people say net-zero — but this is negative.” Read More