Monthly Archives: February 2011

First Block of The House Assembly! (video)

Posted on February 26, 2011 by roofpod

Feb 26, 2011 Watch us students as we construct the first block of the house during Wintertime construction in the Firehouse! An exciting moment for us as we were finally seeing our ideas becoming a reality… Click below to see … Continue reading →

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Tour of the Firehouse (video)

Posted on February 23, 2011 by roofpod

Feb 23, 2011 Click below to see us and our faculty advisors as we first enter our preliminary construction site… our second home for the Winter! Tour of the Firehouse

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Building Towards The Deadline

Posted on February 22, 2011 by roofpod

Proud Green Home’s blog post on our Team! During the Spring Semester of 2011, Team New York has become busy for its March 23 deadline and beyond. We are required to fully complete construction drawings, as well as submit a … Continue reading →

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Washington DC Conference (video)

Posted on February 21, 2011 by roofpod

May 21, 2010 Click below to see our group meeting at our hotel DC prior to a Solar Decathlon conference in Washington DC. This was an enrichening travel experience for the team in Spring 2010, in Washington DC and our … Continue reading →

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Washington DC Conference Meeting (video)

Posted on February 21, 2011 by roofpod

May 21, 2010 Click below to see us at the Solar Decathlon Schematic Design Review in Washington DC, Spring 2010. Both the faculty advisors and students were present for roundtable discussion with competition organizers. Washington DC Conference Meeting

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AIA Staten Island

Posted on February 21, 2011 by roofpod

2-17-11 The monthly AIA meeting in Staten Island invited Solar Decathlon Team New York to present their prototype pod to a group of over 40 architects, all of whom were particularly interested in a student-driven project. After seeing the design parameters and  construction … Continue reading →

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To Florida We Go!

Posted on February 21, 2011 by roofpod

  1/18/11 Florida: International Builder’s Show The Solar Decathlon Team traveled to Florida for a four day trip full of conferences, networking, industry promotion, media training, and more. We left New York just in time to escape another snowstorm, and arrived … Continue reading →

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Measure Twice, Cut Once!

Posted on February 17, 2011 by roofpod

Students are at work in the Steel Shop! Click below to see what the SolarScope wrote about us, as they captured us in the Steel shop in Brooklyn, New York, working on metal components of the pod. They were pleasantly … Continue reading →

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Closer to Reality

Posted on February 14, 2011 by roofpod

11/24/10 The Solar Roof Pod is edging closer to reality, as the team finalizes a set of construction drawings which will document every aspect of the building, from the exterior facades to the interior living spaces. While architecture students will … Continue reading →

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Educational Campaign

Posted on February 14, 2011 by roofpod

10/11/10 In the past few weeks, Team New York has received the chance to educate the public about sustainability through the Urban Green Exposition in New York City, as well as the Green Buildings Festival in Brooklyn. Both events provided … Continue reading →

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