UM is in the 2009 Decathlon!

UM has been selected as one of the 20 schools to compete in the 2009 Solar Decathlon!!

Here are the official press releases:

UM News Release

Solar Decathlon Announcement

NREL Press Release

Stay tuned for more information about the official Solar Decathlon at UMN student group. There will be more information, as well as food and soda at the kick-off event. Details to follow.

Tulane Green Build

Great design/build project out of Tulane University:

"Green Build is a research and design studio at the Tulane University School of Architecture. The studio is made up of seventeen Masters of Architecture Students. The two semester studio is made up of a sixteen week research and design phase in the fall of 2006 followed by a sixteen week construction phase in spring 2007."