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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.

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