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Mar 13-14 Solar House on Exhibit at Greenprints Conference
Mar 7 Discovery Channel Films House for Upcoming Green Building Series
Mar 4 CSI Building Product Manufacturers will tour Solar House
Feb 12 Paideia School 5th Graders explore solar science at Georgia Tech’s Solar House
Feb 8 AIA/Committee on the Environment (COTE) tours Solar House
Jan 14 Solar House Tours Become Available
Jan 10 Solar House invited to participate in National Solar Day, October 2008
Dec 14 Green Habitats, Inc. signs long-term lease agreement of Georgia Tech’s Solar House
Dec 6 University-wide Reception and Recognition of Solar Decathletes and Faculty
Dec 1 House Re-Assembly is Complete
Oct 28 Solar House Being Reassembled at G.T. Campus
Oct 22 Solar House On Its Way Home to G.T.
Oct 19 Competition Over: Georgia Tech Places 6th
Oct 16 Click Here for Solar Decathlon Scores
Oct 6 Solar Decathlon Team Leaders interviewed on Cox News (airs 12-13 Oct)
Oct 3 Solar Decathlon House arrives in DC (click for images)
Sept 29 Solar House Departs for Washington DC!
Sept 22 Georgia Tech's Solar Decathlon House: CNN Open House, 9:30am (EDT)
Aug 20 Building Workshop for Fall Term Begins -- The Grand Finale!
Aug 17 Roof Modules Arrive to Construction Lab
Aug 15 Testing Solar Panels Begins. Many Thanks to One World Sustainable!
Aug 13 Polycarbonate and Aerogel Walls are Secured!
Aug 10 Solar Panels on the South Wall are Installed!
Aug 3 SIP's [Structurally-Insulated Panels] are Secured to the Structure
Jul 25 JAS Forwarding USA Agrees to Sponsor Transportation to DC. Many Thanks JAS!
July 12 First Aid and CPR Training Sessions provided to Decathletes by the Office of Environmental Health and Safety
July 9 Tent is raised above the house to protect it from rain and assorted unidentified flying objects. Thank you Classic Tents and Events!
July 6 Crane Lifts Wood and Steel Roof Frame into Place
June 30 Celebrate "where we are" with an evening of food and cheer at Professor Trubiano's place
June 21 Celebrate the Solstice and Demonstrate the Power of the Sun at Southface at 241 Pine Street
May 24 Job Trailer and Security Office arrives to Construction Lab. Thank you McKenney's!
May 21 Security Fence is Installed at the Construction Lab at IPST on 14th Street
May 14 Architectural Building Workshop begins at IPST Lab for five intensive weeks
May 10 Solar Panels from SunPower are Delivered to Construction Lab at IPST on 14th Street
May 4 End of Semester Milestone Celebration at Figo, sponsored by Southern Company
April 26 Final Review: Solar Decathlon Forum on Architectural Pedagogy
April 24 Woodruff Lecture by Steve Koonin, Chief Scientist at BP, "Energy Trends and Technologies for the Coming Decades," EE Building at 1:30pm
April 18 Vice-President Al Gore speaks at the Ferst Center, sponsored by the College of Management
April 9The U.S. Department of Energy delivers a GEM [Global Electric Motors] car to Georgia Tech"s Solar Decathlon Construction Lab at IPST
March 9 Solar Decathlon Communications Team sets up booth at the Architecture Program's Career Fair with over 70 architecture firms represented
March 2 Presentation of the Solar Decathlon Project to the Georgia Tech Foundation and the President of Georgia Tech
Febraury 19 Groundbreaking Ceremony of Georgia Tech"s 2007 Solar Decathlon House at the Construction Site. Live Music by the Highway Band
February 16 The College of Sciences makes a major donation to Georgia Tech"s Solar Decathlon project
February 15 The College of Management makes a major donation to Georgia Tech's Solar Decathlon project
February 8 The College of Architecture sponsors a six-week LEED Lecture Series and Test Preparation Course, sponsored by Atlanta"s Emerging Green Builders of the USGBC
January 21 Solar Decathlon Team secures Construction Site at the Institute for Paper Science and Technology Facility on 14th Street and Hemphill
December 7 Final Review of the Design Development Drawings and Full-Scale Mock-Up Model of Georgia Tech"s Solar Decathlon House
October 25 Public Lecture on the design of Georgia Tech"s Solar Decathlon House, College of Architecture Auditorium
September 21 The Solar Decathlon team secures a construction site to build the solar-powered house at the Institute of Paper Science and Technology
August 25 The College of Engineering makes a major donation to Georgia Tech"s Solar Decathlon house
August 18-31 Exhibition of the Schematic Design of the Solar Decathlon House, College of Architecture Atrium
August 16 SunPower North America accepts GT"s proposal and will support its team with state-of-the-art photovoltaic modules
July 31 GT's Solar Decathlon website meets final approval by NREL
July 28 Southern Co. makes a major donation to Georgia Tech's Solar Decathlon house
June 15 Provost"s Office makes a major donation to Georgia Tech's Solar Decathlon house
June 15 CBS, 11:00pm news presented the concept design of Georgia Tech"s Solar Decathlon house
June 15 - Unveiling of the Concept Design of the Solar Decathlon house Thursday, June 15, 4-6pm, College of Architecture Atrium
May 15 - Interdisciplinary Workshop Begins
Students from the College of Architecture, Engineering, Management and Sciences begin a month-long design charrette on the
Solar Decathlon house
March 31 - Richard King, Team Leader of Photovoltaic R&D at the U.S. Department of Energy and Director of the Solar Decathlon, visits Georgia Tech
March 17 - John Quale, Faculty Leader of "Trojan Goat" at the University of Virginia, visits Georgia Tech
March 1 - Film Screening: Kilowatt Hours
Wednesday, March 1, 6-7:30pm, Carter Center
February 15 - April 14 - Solar Decathlon Seminar Series
February 15 - Film Screening: Global Warming Documentary -Wednesday, February 15, 2:30-4:00pm, Ford ES&T Theatre, Rm L1205
January 13 - Eco-Tectonics class becomes a vehicle to study ecological construction assemblies for the Solar Decathlon house
January 10 - NREL calls to inform Georgia Tech has been selected as one of twenty universities to participate in the 2007 Solar Decathlon.
