Empowerhouse Collaborative was front and center at the first annual Parsons street festival last weekend.  The rain finally gave way to some beautiful weather and we enjoyed the opportunity to get outdoors.  Several curious onlookers stopped by our table and …

Hello all!  Welcome to the Friday blog.  My name is Andrew and I’m a second, going on third year Master of Architecture student on the Empowerhouse team.  Since we are in a holding pattern for the build right now, working …

After 121 days straight of being stuck behind a monitor I think I have started to evolve into an Uber-Morlock (the time machine). My back has developed a distinct hunch, my skin has a hue slightly whiter than milk, and my eyes can only handle the gentle glare of artificial light. On the upside I just beat my personal record for fastest left clicks per second at a whopping 38 clicks per second.

Only the first week of our summer work schedule, and we are anxious to start construction next week.  A few of us already got the chance to practice craning our panels into place for the large basswood model we made …

Time to finalize all of our materials!

Empowerhouse is The New School entry in the 2011 Solar Decathlon, an international biennial competition which challenges 20 collegiate design teams to build and operate solar-powered homes for exhibition on the National Mall. Empowerhouse has taken the competition one …

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Save Energy, Save Money Workshops: Greening Greater Deanwood

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