Highlighting the Sustainable, Renewable and Green Building Technologies of Passive (and Active!) Solar Design
The University of Hawaii, Honolulu, is creating a sustainable and efficient house that is well suited for tropical regions for this year’s 2011 Solar Decathlon. The Hale Pilihonua has lofty and noble ambitions, especially...
In contrast to some of the Solar Decathlon entrants with sharp angles, the University of Calgary is creating a house that has the smooth shape of a curved dome.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
UPDATE: See the lovely INHome built for the 2011 Solar Decathlon. It looked like the All-American home, with a garage and biowall. The following is a review of the model. The team from Purdue...
