A Poetic Net-Zero Solar Home for Hurricane Season
One of the most poetic entries in the 2011 Solar Decathlon, the perFORM[D]ance House. It also won 1st place in the Energy Balance category, producing as much or more energy than it needs.
Highlighting the Sustainable, Renewable and Green Building Technologies of Passive (and Active!) Solar Design
One of the most poetic entries in the 2011 Solar Decathlon, the perFORM[D]ance House. It also won 1st place in the Energy Balance category, producing as much or more energy than it needs.
Old Dominion University and Hampton University joined forces to build a Solar Decathlon house called Unit 6 for the 2011 competition. Their goal was to create a solar net-zero energy house…
One of the most creative entries into the 2011 Solar Decathlon was the collaborative brainchild from the Southern California Institute of Architecture and the California Institute of Technology.
The team from Middlebury College built a passive and active solar home was inspired by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Called Self-Reliance it performed well and was awarded 1st place in the Market Appeal competition.
Called ‘”First Light” and lovingly referred to a “Bach” – pronounced (batch), the beach house won the Engineering and Energy Balance contests and clenched a podium finish as 3rd overall.
Ever wanted to escape from it all, yet have the comforts of modern living? Appalachian State University built a house that has the best outdoor living space in the Solar Decathlon.
Purdue University designed and built a house, complete with clerestory windows, garage and a self-watering biowall.
The University of Tennessee built a long, rectangular building for their net-zero entry into the 2011 Solar Decathlon. The ingenuity of design can sometimes be subtle and easily overlooked in its seamless presentation. Inspired...
Built by Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey and the New Jersey Institute of Technology for the 2011 Solar Decathlon, the home comfortably inhabits the seemingly contradictory extremes of lightness and strength, practicality...
After the devastating earthquakes in Haiti, many people and organizations went to Haiti to help with the rebuilding of the country. This strawbale home was built by Builders Without Borders using techniques that utilized both...