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Originally Posted by VRM
Fred,
According to Lawrence Tech U someobody was making some modifications and switched off a circuit breaker and forgot to turn it back on. It ended up causing about $16K wort of damage.
The house was in a competition against 20 other solar powered houses from Cornell, MIT and others - and took second place. Looks like it served its purpose very well - good thing you are not giving out the grades for the project. 
I personaly would congratulate them - scoring a second aginst some heavy hitters like MIT was probably not an easy thing. But you go ahead and give them an 'F' 'cause engineering talent like yours and Roscoes is just real hard to come by.
I'd like to see an apology from you and Roscoe to them before this thread gets closed - those LTU folks deserve a LOT better than what they got from the two of you.
Sorry for the rant - this is the second time I've ever reacted emotionally on this forum.
Steve |
The house was a part of the Solar Decathlon's "solar village" exhibition in Washington, D.C. It competed against a field of 20 universities – including MIT, Carnegie Mellon and Cornell – in last year's decathlon, a prestigious international competition where universities contend to build the most attractive and energy-efficient, solar-powered home.
Lawrence Tech was the smallest college in the contest and the only one from Michigan. Its house was
one of the runners-up in the BP People’s Choice Award competition, thanks to an architectural design many found attractive and livable.
They didn't get "Second",they got a Short Bus Trophy for showing up.
Nothing for all their "Green".
They couldn't even figure to turn the heat back on because it's going it cold and freeze the pipes.
"Oh,I forget" Must have been the window licker at the back of the bus.
