In The News: School of Architecture
A UNLV team took third place in a U.S. Department of Energy challenge to design and build a home powered by solar energy.
One team at the Solar Decathlon this year was particularly focused on a very important community - those military veterans returning home from wartime trauma with symptoms of PTSD. Nevada is reported to have 200,o00 veterans living in the State, making their project particularly relevant. The University of Las Vegas’ Mojave Bloom provides “a healing oasis in the middle of the harsh Mojave Desert through a calculated polyphony of sensory experiences.”
The winners of the 2021 Solar Decathlon Build Challenge show how to build energy-efficient housing in extreme climates—the kinds of conditions climate change will only make more prevalent.
A UNLV team took third place in a U.S. Department of Energy challenge to design and build a home powered by solar energy.
A student team from the University of Colorado-Boulder won the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon Build Challenge.
UNLV students were racing to put the finishing touches on Mojave Bloom, a 628-square-foot home they’ve built from scratch for the U.S. Department of Energy’s international 2020 Solar Decathlon Build Challenge. The biennial contest challenges colleges worldwide to design, construct and operate homes powered by renewable energy.
UNLV is defining the idea of powerhouse, in terms of both dominance in a global home design contest and literally powering houses.
Helping build a small house powered by renewable energy was a life-changing experience for UNLV student Alejandro Munoz.
UNLV students are building an energy efficient home that they designed as part of the Solar Decathlon project.
The walls of this house have sound-absorbing panels and multiple layers of thermal insulation. The home was designed to muffle jarring outside sounds and prevent disturbing echoes from bouncing off the interior walls.
Some of the best future architects in the world could be living right here in Las Vegas.
Nearly one year into the coronavirus pandemic, many architects believe COVID-19’s impact on building design may be set in stone.
