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.
WVTF public radio aired a feature on Virginia Tech’s Lumenhaus this morning, May 17. You can listen to it above, or click here to read the transcript.
The story references the Virginia Tech students and faculty who became the first university team ever to receive the American Institute of Architects Honor Award, which is one of the most prestigious awards in architecture.
In case you haven’t seen the award-winning solar house, check out this video produced earlier this year.
WVTF is a service of Virginia Tech.
Virginia Tech’s LUMENHAUS team recently won first place overall at the 2010 Solar Decathlon Europe. Last summer, we documented LUMENHAUS’ move from its production facility on Plantation Road in Blacksburg to the Gables Shopping Center parking lot where the team wrapped up construction before moving it to Washington, D.C., to be displayed to the public. From there it traveled to New York City’s Time Square.”
LUMENHAUS then traveled to Spain to compete in the 2010 Solar Decathlon Europe and won first place. Learn more at facebook.com/lumenhaus.
Virginia Tech’s Solar House (Lumenhaus) preparing for the short trip from the construction site to the temporary display site on South Main Street.
Virginia Tech’s Lumenhaus, i.e. the Solar House, will be on the move tomorrow morning. Albert and I will be there with video camera in hand to get some video, which we will then post here on the blog, in high definition I might ad.
The Solar House will be moved to the shopping center across from Gables on South Main Street to be put on display before heading to Washington, D.C., to be put on public display on the National Mall.
Learn more about Virginia Tech’s Lumenhaus project.
