Pictures of the MIT solar decathlon house in Washington DC

Here are some great pictures of the MIT solar 7 project while in Washington DC last October. Courtesy of Dan from Lamtec, the builder of our warm light wall system. A few picture of the other homes as well as the winner of the competition, the German's.

http://picasaweb.google.com/TomPittsley/SolarDecathlonPicS

zero energy home

Here is some information about the MIT solar decathlon project. check out this page with links to videos about the project. http://eebt.org/Zero_Enery_Homes.html

Tom pittsley
ecobuilder@aol.com
http://eebt.org/Zero_Enery_Homes.html

Introduction

First I would like to introduce myself, My name is Tom Pittsley. I have been building for 25 years and designing buildings for 28 years. I have a passion for renewable energy and energy conservation. I have been working towards a goal of building nothing but zero energy homes, for several years. Having built my first zero energy homes last year, I have now acquired the knowledge of how to achieve this, and I would like to share it with you, and get your feedback on my ideas. I will be posting a weekly blog, sharing with you how to build this. Starting with the ground up. I founded my business Energy Efficient Building Technologies in 2005, with more than 10 years of research in building technologies and systems. Not only research, but practical building experiences of actually implementing them and monitoring the results. I served as construction manager for the MIT solar decathlon team in 2007,http://web.mit.edu/solardecathlon/construction.html and am currently working with the team from the Boston Architectural College and Tufts University on there 2009 solar decathlon project. I will share more about those and other projects in future blogs.
Stay tuned

Tom Pittsley
ecobuilder@aol.com
http://www.eebt.org/