Comments on: SOLAR DECATHLON: University of Texas at Austin Green Home http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/10/22/solar-decathlon-university-of-texas-at-austin/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:00:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: pamboydhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2007/10/22/solar-decathlon-university-of-texas-at-austin/comment-page-1/#comment-122882 pamboyd Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:13:45 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/10/22/solar-decathlon-university-of-texas-at-austin/#comment-122882 Nicely done! Nicely done!

]]> By: Mekhong Kurthttp://www.inhabitat.com/2007/10/22/solar-decathlon-university-of-texas-at-austin/comment-page-1/#comment-75576 Mekhong Kurt Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:40:00 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/10/22/solar-decathlon-university-of-texas-at-austin/#comment-75576 Though I'm from Texas, I've lived away from there many years and only recently began to learn just how people there seem to be attracted to green technologies -- rather to my surprise, since I grew up on a small ranch where the local rural folks were suspicious of just about any advance. Of course, any university can (and often does) serve as a vanguard for the introduction of change, and UT-Austin certainly does so. (Got my B.A. at UT-Arlington, so there's a bit of prejudice there!)The use of *plastic* panels did cause me to cock an eyebrow. While realizing this house is a demonstration project, at first blush I would think the use of vegetation, especially trees with dense foliage, would likely provide a better alternative.To Den: I was curious, so I went to Google and typed in (without the brackets but with the quatation marks and spacing as shown) ["Penn State"MorningStar"] and got about 16,700 returns, some photographic. And that was in regular Google, not image search. Give it a try -- then you should get over your despair! :-) Though I’m from Texas, I’ve lived away from there many years and only recently began to learn just how people there seem to be attracted to green technologies — rather to my surprise, since I grew up on a small ranch where the local rural folks were suspicious of just about any advance. Of course, any university can (and often does) serve as a vanguard for the introduction of change, and UT-Austin certainly does so. (Got my B.A. at UT-Arlington, so there’s a bit of prejudice there!)

The use of *plastic* panels did cause me to cock an eyebrow. While realizing this house is a demonstration project, at first blush I would think the use of vegetation, especially trees with dense foliage, would likely provide a better alternative.

To Den: I was curious, so I went to Google and typed in (without the brackets but with the quatation marks and spacing as shown) ["Penn State"MorningStar"] and got about 16,700 returns, some photographic. And that was in regular Google, not image search. Give it a try — then you should get over your despair! :-)

]]> By: Denhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2007/10/22/solar-decathlon-university-of-texas-at-austin/comment-page-1/#comment-56949 Den Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:21:04 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/10/22/solar-decathlon-university-of-texas-at-austin/#comment-56949 Lovely house.Sorry to belabour the point but seems as if I will have to resort to begging to get some photo's of Penn State's Morningstar. :) Lovely house.

Sorry to belabour the point but seems as if I will have to resort to begging to get some photo’s of Penn State’s Morningstar. :)

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