counter top

http://www.vitrastone.com/countertops.php

dishwasher

  http://www.materialicio.us/2007/06/12/367/

compact appliances

http://www.compactappliance.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-Appliance-Site/default/Home-Show?mtcpromotion=

Wood Floors

http://www.ecotimber.com/flooring/hand_scraped_flooring.asp 

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SCU and CCA have put up an online survey to help the Design Review Board evaluate the four final designs. Please review the designs below and then fill out the survey.

The Solar Decathlon studio at CCA had its final review on Saturday, April 26. The final scheme will be chosen in the next two weeks. Check back for more details soon. Click on the team name for more detailed information on each project.

Team A
Charles Goodnight, Anna Leach, Sandra Lopez, Paul Taylor
Download Team A Boards (27MB)

Team B
Diana De la Torre, Justin Mason, Jonathan Manzo, Rick Ruiz
Download Team B Boards (51MB)

Team C
Blake Altshuler, Kyle Belcher, Mariah Hodges, Ryan Linkey
Download Team C Boards (20MB)

Team D
Chris Chalmers, Jenny Guan, John Hobart-Culleton, Aaron Poritz
Download Team D Boards (24MB)

Download the Review Boards as a low-resolution PDF (still quite large at 32MB)

Blake Altshuler

Kyle Belcher

Chris Chalmers

Diana De la Torre

Charles Goodnight

Jenny Guan

John Hobart-Culleton

Mariah Hodges

Anna Leach

Ryan Linkey

Sandra Lopez

Jonathan Manzo

Aaron Poritz

Rick Ruiz

Paul Taylor

Download the comments from today’s review

comments_small.pdf

Here are a few more pictures

Suntech offers PV’s that are integrated in the glass.  I don’t know about the insulation values of the glass, but it certainly provides a nice option for a skylight.  See Suntech for details.

Article taken from  Gemssty

the PV skin of this house rotates with the sun

description from TED site:

“With 3.8 billion years of research and development on its side, nature has already solved problems that human designers and engineers still struggle with. In this inspiring talk, Janine Benyus provides fascinating examples of biomimicry — the way humans mimic nature in the products we build and the systems we implement. And because the champion adapters in the natural world are, by definition, those that can survive without destroying the environment that sustains them, biomimicry can contribute to the long-term health of our planet.”

(click on the image to link to the video)