Final Results Announced. Congrats to the Solar Decathlon winners! 1.WaterShed, University of Maryland 2.IN Home, Purdue – Solar Decathlon 2011 3.FirstLight, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Team Massachusetts placed 9th overall. Here’s how we ranked in the ten contests: http://www.solardecathlon.gov/scores_teams_massachusetts.html
In Red Sox fashion, Team Massachusetts started out at the bottom of the pile on Day 1, September 22nd, due to HVAC problems. Today we have moved up nine places since then and are in 10th place, mostly due to the Engineering results posted yesterday (We placed 9th in Engineering). We are optimistic that we [...]
Today is the last day to vote for people’s choice. Vote by 7PM today on-site or online at http://www.solardecathlon.gov/poll/pca/pca_register.php
Since the 23rd, the home has been open to the public for tours (Event Schedule).
People are inquisitive about our New England inspired design as well as our materials donated by Saint-Gobain/Certainteed and the modular construction process with Epoch Homes [...]
Our PR Coordinator, Chelsea Kelley, on WBZ NewsRadio 1030 (CBS Boston) with Anthony Silva earlier this week. http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/09/27/local-team-in-worldwide-solar-house-competition/
As part of the competition, teams host members of each others’ teams to dinner. We get to host others in our “neighborhood” which are SCI-Arch/Caltech, CCNY, and OSU. Last night was the first of two Dinner Party nights. More photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/4dhome/sets/72157627764935650
On Friday, September 23rd, Dow Corning hosted a Tweet-Off for an iPad for the team with the most tweets in a Q&A-type session. Pitted against teams with multiple tweeters, Julie Chen, our team photographer and social media coordinator, tied with Team Canada, who had four tweeters at the event. Dow Corning gave each team an [...]
Tune in to Sharon Brody’s radio interview of our Project Manager, Spencer Culhane, on NPR Weekend Edition Saturday as they talk about the 4D Home and the Solar Decathlon experience. College Students Compete In Solar Decathlon
The team celebrated yesterday as they passed their final inspections. We had our first VIP tours today for sponsors, colleagues, and officials. Check out the first photos of the interiors on our flickr page:
Yesterday was supposed to be the last day of construction for all teams, and the stop-work time was 7pm, however it wasn’t for us. All inspections for the homes needed to be complete by 7pm, however the electrical inspector walked into our house in the afternoon, unannounced, and left, without ever scheduling a time for [...]
