Solar Decathelon Update

In May, Penn State’s entry into the 2007 Solar Decathlon, MorningStar Pennsylvania, was moved from the indoor CATO Park construction site to the site of the new Dickinson School of Law Building at the PSU University Park campus. With the help of the Alpha Fire Company, Valley Truck & Trailer, and the State College police, the framed Living Space of the MorningStar Pennsylvania was moved to the outdoor Gilbane Construction site to make room for the construction of the Montana Technical Core at CATO Park. The high–tech mechanical core includes heating, cooling, and water systems that focus on renewable technologies in a single unit to integrate green design engineering into residences. The MorningStar Montana is an affordable version of the MorningStar Pennsylvania that will be built in Montana, on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation this summer. The MorningStar Pennsylvania Living Space is now settled nicely on the Dickinson School of Law construction site, with Beaver Stadium and Mount Nittany in the background.

Additional information on the 2007 Solar Decathlon can be found online at: http://www.engr.psu.edu/greenbuild/index.asp. Or http://www.engr.psu.edu/ae/newsletters/ter/Fa06/solardecathlon.asp