Developments at Virginia Tech
The official Tumblr of Virginia Tech's Office of University Development, located at the Gateway Center on the corner of University City Blvd., and Prices Fork Rd., in Blacksburg, Va.
This website is maintained by the Development Communications team headed by Albert Raboteau, Gary Cope, and Chuck George.
Earlier today, Virginia Tech announced that Lumenhaus, the unversity’s award-winning solar house, has received a 2012 AIA Honor Award for Architects from the American Institute of Architecture.
This is a very prestigious award - considered one of the highest honors awarded to practicing architects. This marks the first time the organization has ever bestowed the Honor Award to a university team.
The video above was shot in 2009, a year before Virginia Tech’s Lumenhaus won first place at the 2010 Solar Decathlon Europe. We’ve been following the solar house since it was under construction and it’s been a lot of fun to watch it evolve into the award-winning project it has become.
Students, professors and advisors put in a lot of hard work to create the award-winning solar house. The project also received substantial support in the form of private giving. To all those who played a role in the success of Virginia Tech’s Lumenhaus - thank you and congratulations!
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