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Eclipsis System on display at Taubman Museum of Art

Virginia Tech News

May 26, 2009

The Virginia Tech team of students and faculty creating an innovative house powered by the sun for the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon will exhibit their progress on the project at the Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, Va ...

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Virginia Tech one of only two US universities to compete in Solar Decathlon Europe

Virginia Tech News

May 22, 2009

Virginia Tech is one of only two U.S. universities invited to compete in the first Solar Decathlon Europe, which will take place in Madrid in June 2010 ...

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Assistant professor of finance wins electric car raffle

Virginia Tech News

April 10, 2009

Students who are designing and constructing a solar house for the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon competition have raised funds for their project by raffling an electric car ...

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Virginia Tech students compete in energy decathlon

WDBJ-TV, CHANNEL 7 (CBS)

March 20, 2009

It may not look like much right now, but a three-year project by Virginia Tech students could be the future of energy efficiency...

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Virginia Tech is one of 20 schools competing in a solar house competition

WSLS-TV CHANNEL 10 (NBC)

March 20, 2009

Virginia Tech is the only school in Virginia competing in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon being held in Washington D.C ...

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Secretary of Natural Resources Preston Bryant to tour Virginia Tech solar house, select winning raffle ticket

Virginia Tech News

March 19, 2009

On Friday, March 20, Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources L. Preston Bryant Jr. will visit Virginia Tech to tour a solar house being built by students for the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. Bryant, who also heads ...

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Grasshopper workshop with Virginia Tech's solar decathlon

Designalyze blog

February 16, 2009

Hello this is Jennifer Downey from Marble Fairbanks Architects. I did a workshop conducted Tuesday February 10 through Friday February 13 with the Virginia Tech 2009 Solar Decathlon Team in Blacksburg, Virginia ...

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Design Intelligence names Virginia Tech primary Solar Decathlon faculty advisor Most Admired Educators of 2009

Virginia Tech News

January 15, 2009

Jack Davis, College of Architecture and Urban Studies Dean and Reynolds Metals Endowed Professor of Architecture, and Robert Dunay, the T. A. Carter Professor of Architecture and Center for Design Research Director, have been named two of 26 nationally Most Admired Educators of 2009 by Design Intelligence ...

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Students bring prefabrication and custom design together in an innovative house for Habitat for Humanity

Virginia Tech News

December 2, 2008

Prefabricated housing has long been stigmatized by "cookie cutter" dwellings that offer limited spatial quality, but two recent Virginia Tech graduates have worked with faculty to design and build an innovative house for Habitat for Humanity that takes advantage of the prefabricated housing process while providing all the attributes of a custom-designed home ...

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Solar Decathlon project to hold electric car raffle

Virginia Tech News

November 17, 2008

Students designing and constructing a solar house for the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon competition are raising funds for their project by raffling an electric car ...

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Virginia Tech to compete in 2009 Solar Decathlon

WSLS-TV CHANNEL 10 (NBC)

February 4, 2008

Virginia Tech hopes to once again show off their prowess to harness the power of the sun.

The U.S. Department of Energy selected the Hokies to compete in the 2009 solar decathalon. The event will be held in the Fall, at the National Mall in Washington, D.C ...

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Virginia Tech to compete in 2009 Solar Decathlon

Virginia Tech News

February 4, 2008

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced that Virginia Tech will be one of 20 university teams selected to compete in its fourth Solar Decathlon, which will be held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in the fall of 2009 ...