Tag: solar decathlon
Missouri S&T solar house travels to California for competition
A team of students at Missouri University of Science and Technology spent two years designing and building a solar-powered house filled with smart-living technology. Once it was complete, the students cut it into pieces and shipped it to California on four semitrailers to compete in an international building competition.
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Tour Missouri S&T’s latest solar-powered house
The local community is invited to attend a send-off reception for Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Solar House Design Team. During the event, visitors can tour the latest solar house, learn about its advanced technology from team members and help send the team off to California for the 2015 Solar Decathlon.
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Missouri S&T to participate in 2015 Solar Decathlon
Missouri S&T has been selected to compete in the 2015 Solar Decathlon, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today, Thursday, Feb. 13.
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S&T Chameleon House heading to California
Moving across the country can be a trying experience. Moving a house across country is even harder. A group of students at Missouri University of Science and Technology has spent the past two years building a solar-powered house and next week they will divide it into three parts and move it to California to compete […]
Read More »Missouri S&T selected to participate in 2009 Solar Decathlon
The solar house team at Missouri University of Science and Technology will receive $100,000 from the Department of Energy to support the construction of a new home for the 2009 Solar Decathlon.
Read More »UMR’s solar house is heading home
A team of students from the University of Missouri-Rolla placed 11th overall in the Solar Decathlon, a student design competition held Oct. 12-20 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Read More »UMR students to rebuild ultra-modern solar house on National Mall
Students at the University of Missouri-Rolla are in the process of taking apart a solar house that they’ve spent most of the year building.
Read More »UMR students are trying to build the perfect solar house
Students at the University of Missouri-Rolla are getting pretty good at designing and building solar houses. This fall, the UMR Solar House Team will once again enter a house in the US. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon, a student design competition to be held in Washington, D.C., Oct. 12-20.
Read More »UMR team finalizes plans for 2007 solar house
The Solar House Team at the University of Missouri-Rolla has finalized plans for a new house that will be built on campus property starting Monday, Feb. 26.
Read More »UMR gets EPA grant to test hybrid solar panels
Joel Lamson, a graduate student at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has a black monolith, several stories high, in his back yard. But Lamson isn’t trying to recreate some science fiction scene; the monolith is really a newfangled solar panel engineered for a UMR research project.
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