[Greenbuilding] Fwd: [healthyhomebuilding] Action Needed for 2011 Solar Decathlon

[kenn brown]

Alan, 

Your idea shouldn't be much of a challenge for this group. Your pads could
possibly have temporary shelters, tables and chairs to use the rest of the
year, to use as trade shows. 

Kenn

 

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2011 Solar Decathlon

 






On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 7:26 AM, jfstraube <jfstraube at gmail.com> wrote:

They already require minimalist foundations.  I worked on the last
Decathalon submission from U waterloo, and the foundations are just square
pads resting on the ground.  However, the challenge is building 20 houses on
the mall, servicing them, and then have over 100 000 people visit them in a
couple weeks is just tough on the land.


this speaks to the assumptions about how the mall is "furnished."  if the
Decathlon is a regular event, why not work some permanent pads and paths
into the finish landscape...features that could function as patios when the
event is not taking place...

...uh-oh...

...I just heard the collective gasp of the legions of preservationists who
would be mortified by the notion...

AA

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