solar decathlon


GreenSource Magazine Names Empowerhouse a “Best Green House”

The GreenSource Magazine of Sustainable Design recently ran an article naming Empowerhouse one of the “Best Green Houses”. In 2011, students from Parsons School of Constructed Environments, Milano School of International Affairs, Management and Urban Policy at the New School, and the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey …


Student team chosen for Solar Decathlon 2011 competition

Excerpt from The New School press release: The U.S Department of Energy (DOE) has selected finalists in the 2011 Solar Decathlon. Among the elite teams moving on is one led by Parsons The New School for Design, which worked on its proposal with students and faculty from Milano The New …


Solar Decathlon Exhibition: Empowerhouse

Presenting the work of the joint New School / Stevens Institute of Technology team for the International Building Competition 13 October, Wednesday,  Opening 7:30pm after Kellen Gallery Presentation Exhibition runs 13 to 17 October Arnold and Sheila Aronson Gallery,  66 5th Avenue          parsit.parsons.edu Forging new ground in the Solar Decathlon, …


NEW CLASS Urban Communities: Washington DC / Solar Decathlon

Parsons has been chosen to advance towards stage 2 of the Solar Decathlon, a nation wide student competition.