By the time the house is on display in October 2009, Virginia Tech will have been working on the design and building of the 2009 house for almost two years! Follow the progress below.
NOVEMBER 2008
- Team members attend GreenBuild Convention in Boston; solicit and meet with corporate sponsors; two manufacturers (Cabot Chemical and DuoGard) have displays showing 05 solar house as examples of excellence regarding their products
- Exhibition at Architecture Exchange East, AIA State convention; solar house and Advanced Personal Transport (APT) are presented as research projects regarding energy use in the home and automobile
- Exhibition, Society of International Journalists, emphasis on issues of sustainability
