Four Florida Universities are working together to create and present the Flex House for the upcoming 2011 Solar Decathlon. Team Florida is comprised of Florida State University, the University of Central Florida, the University of Florida and...
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Descending from the higher mountain elevations of Colorado, I drove through the more arid desert climate of New Mexico on a search to find the Earthship Headquarters located north of Taos, New Mexico. The Earthship type of...
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UPDATE: See Team Tidewater’s house in the 2011 Solar Decathlon. The team used innovative phase-change materials to increase the thermal mass in the sun porch. Team Tidewater, representing Old Dominion University and Hampton University from Virginia, is...
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UPDATE: The Decathlon has taken place since the review of the model was written below. See the First Light in the 2011 Solar Decathlon. The team from Wellington U. won the Engineering and Energy Balance contests and...
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UPDATE: The 2011 Solar Decathlon has taken place. See the lovely CH:IP House in the 2011 Solar Decathlon. The team tied for 1st place in Energy Balance and Hot Water, received 2nd in Engineering and Home Entertainment and...
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The new location for the 2011 Solar Decathlon was announced today. The Solar Decathlon community was initially crestfallen when the news was first released in January 2011 that the Solar Decathlon would no longer be held on...
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In an 8 minute video, the owner-builders show the design of a house built in Michigan. The viewer sees the outside and inside of the house while the video covers the basics of passive solar design. They...
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emPowerhouse, a joint venture between Parsons, The New School for Design, NY, NY and the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey - Can I say how much fun I’m having looking at these various houses, seeing...
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Self Reliance from Middlebury College, Vermont - Building upon and modernizing the framework of the former New England farmhouse, the 2011 Solar Decathlon Team from Middlebury College is building a house called Self Reliance. Its design integrates...
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