On September 8, 2011, Team New York hosted two events to celebrate its completion. The Media Tour (Press Event) and the Send-Off ceremony (Sponsor Event) were two largely successful celebrations of the beloved Solar Roofpod. Media swarmed the site, ready … Continue reading →

On Wednesday, July 20th, a group of approximately 30 college students from LaGuardia Community College (LCC) visited the active construction site of Team New York’s competition entry for the Solar Decathlon, the Solar Roof Pod. Many were aspiring engineering students. … Continue reading →

In May 2011, student members of Team New York completed 10 hours of OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) training, in order to fulfill safety requirements as required by the OSHA construction guidelines. Students learned safe ways to work both … Continue reading →

Part of the Solar Decathlon competition judges the team for its communication effort. While this website is a part of the communication, our team wants to spread the importance of sustainability and green design to a broader audience. Recently, Architecture … Continue reading →

Team New York members recently traveled to the AIA Westchester Fair to promote the Solar Decathlon to the public and various companies. The fair, which exhibited the work of local area firms, and promoted products of national companies, had many … Continue reading →

3-3-11 As one of the twenty student teams of the US DOE Solar Decathlon, an international design competition for developing small net zero energy homes, we remain disappointed with the competition’s move off the main National Mall to a much more … Continue reading →

Team New York members made a presentation to incoming college freshman at the Spring City College of New York orientation! Students Afua Safo-Asante and Farah Ahmad presented the project to students and their parents. Many potential engineering and architecture students … Continue reading →

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 →

  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 →

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 →