YOUR HELP IS NEEDED FOR THE MOST INNOVATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE PROJECT IN MASSACHUSETTS
The U.S. Department of Energy has given us this opportunity to show the world how we can advance affordable and sustainable housing, but we cannot do it without your support! We have task of raising over $500,000 to make this once in a lifetime possibility a reality. Your contribution will not only advance public higher education and alternative energy solutions, it will give us the chance to enlighten masses that will enter our home and leave knowing that change is possible.

In addition to web and media exposure, another exciting opportunity for sponsors of Team Massachusetts has become available. Thanks to the City of Boston, the team will be constructing, testing, and exhibiting the 4D Home in the Marine Industrial park in Boston's Innovation District this summer. All sponsors of Team Massachusetts will have the opportunity for signage at the Boston Build Site, gaining exposure not only to energy industry professionals, educators and students from all over New England, and also the many tourists coming from the nearby cruise terminal.

Sponsorship details can be downloaded here: sponsorship_details.pdf (PDF 217KB). If you don't have a PDF reader, please download it here.

Contact Chelsea Kelley if you are interested in supporting Team Massachusetts.
Chelsea.kelley@4dhome.us
617 721 6452

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Public ExhibitionVote for People’s Choice

The houses are open to the public until October 2nd. Come visit us at lot 401, and vote for People’s Choice on site or online!
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Southwest Rendering of the 4D Home showing solar panel-covered porch and potted landscaping.

Animated Tour on our YouTube Channel

Take a tour of the 4D Home in this YouTube Video.
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Rendering of the kitchen

4D Home in DCConstruction is done!

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Team member on the roof with the solar array.

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Southwest view of the scale model that was exhibited at the IBS National Home Builders Show 2011. Shows landscape pots and solar panels over porch. Scale visitors are at the entry door and a scale child is playing in the background.

A Working Relationship Meet the Team

Students from MassArt Architecture, and UMass Lowell Engineering teamed up to form Team Massachusetts, one of twenty teams to compete in the Solar Decathlon 2011.
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Team Massachusetts members who attended the NAHB IBS 2011, jumping in front of the NAHB sign. Photo includes members from MassArt as well as UMass Lowell.
 
Team Massachusetts

Massachusetts College of Art and Design

MassArt is a state university, and is the oldest and only publicly-funded art university in the nation.

University of Massachusetts Lowell

Umass Lowell is a publicly-funded state-university, that offers the only solar energy engineering program in the Northeast United States.

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About the 4D home concept

4D refers to the fourth dimension of time. As time progresses, seasons, climate, and family needs change. Joining adaptability, affordability, and energy education, the 4D Home will adjust to the homeowner’s shifting needs, environment, and economical climate.

 

What’s the Solar Decathlon?

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon is an award-winning program that challenges 20 collegiate teams from around the world to design, build, and operate solar-powered houses that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and attractive. Open to the public free of charge, visitors can tour the houses, gather ideas to use in their own homes, and learn how energy-saving features can help them save money today.

 

Competition and Public Exhibition //

The 4D Home is complete and ready to tour in Washington D.C.. Visit us in the National Mall’s West Potomac Park, Sept. 23–Oct. 2, 2011 in lot 401. Don’t forget to vote for People’s Choice: http://www.solardecathlon.gov/poll/pca/pca_register.php