by Katie Banks | Sep 30, 2011 | Education, Environment
The U.S. Dept. of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011: Parsons the New School for Design and Stevens Institute of Technology’s team built the cheapest house in this year’s decathlon. Spending $229,890 on its high-efficiency, solar-powered home, the team tied with Purdue...
by Katie Banks | Sep 29, 2011 | Education, Environment, Topics
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon is a competition that challenges collegiate teams to design affordable, solar-powered houses. Medill’s Katie Banks visited the temporary exhibit in Washington’s West Potomac Park to learn how these student architects are...
by Katie Banks | Sep 27, 2011 | Environment, Science + Technology
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon is a competition that challenges collegiate teams to design affordable, solar-powered houses. Medill’s Katie Banks visited the temporary exhibit in Washington’s West Potomac Park to learn how these...
by Katie Banks | Sep 26, 2011 | Education
Medill News Service’s education reporter, Katie Banks, shares the Twitter buzz from today’s Education Nation Summit in New York City. For general information about the summit, visit the official website here: http://www.educationnation.com/ See below for...
