2009 Project
Main Faculty Advisor: Katie Grantham Lough
Co-Advisors: Robert B. Stone, Stuart W. Baur, Seth D. Orsborn
Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) is proud to announce that it has been selected to its 4th Solar Decathlon competition, one of only two such schools. This time the students at S&T are partnering up with the University of Missouri further expand the abilities and expertise of the team. This collaboration has resulted in the team being christened the Show-Me Solar Team. Stemming from its Missouri roots, the team wants to show the people of Missouri that solar living is right for them, right now. Combining the University of Missouri's architectural studies program with Missouri S&T's engineering programs creates the best of both worlds for both universities. The house combines stunning architecture with technological marvels to create a house that anyone would want to live in. The team has high hopes for this project both in competition and for educating the people of Missouri. A larger team will allow the team to extend its outreach activities and broaden its educational activities. Through education many more people will be able to learn about new technologies and help Missouri to become a more environmentally friendly place to live.
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The Show-Me Solar home is a sustainable structure that harvests all of its energy needs directly from the sun. The modern style of the home is governed by a modular three-foot grid on which everything connects, leaving the design simple for construction and unifying the interior and exterior with crisp, elegant lines. Using this design, the elongated axis, defined by the line of passage, provide generous southern exposure for solar gain as well as a sequential order from public to private spaces.
The underlying idea of "Expanding Horizons" is the educational part of this home's concept. The integrated technologies of the home's systems, from the solar panels to the home automation, incorporate themselves into daily life and familiarize the value of solar and other energy efficient technologies.
"Expanding horizons" is physically expressed in the home through the horizontal louvers, the lines created by the windows on the southern and northern elevations, the consistent 9 foot interior walls, and the main longitudinal axis.
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