Solar House Raising: View the Video!
On Monday, April 16, University of Cincinnati students put the lessons and planning of the past year into action when they began construction on UCs solar house.
The house is part of a prestigious international competition in which only 20 universities worldwide were invited to compete to build the globes best solar home where everything all mechanics, appliances and even the car that accompanies the house is solar powered.
When the house is completed in October 2007, it will be transported to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., where it will be viewed and visited by hundreds of thousands of visitors.
View the six-minute video of the house raising. It contains
- Members of UCs pep band playing
- Snippets of two speakers, including UC President Nancy Zimpher
- Footage of UC students beginning construction of the house
- A rendering of what the final house will look like
Additional links regarding UCs solar house project
- Update on winter-quarter progress on the project
- Design and engineering innovations by UC students
- Previous Web coverage on the project
- List of sponsors supporting UCs efforts
- UCs international competitors
- UCs Solar Decathlon site
- National Solar Decathlon site
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