Food for Thought: Solar Decathlon [Free Lunch]

Food for Thought: Harvest Home, GW’s entry in Solar Decathlon 2013

Lunch and lecture with Prof. Kim Roddis, UHP Faculty Fellow 2012-2013

714 21st Street, UHP Club Room at the Foggy Bottom campus

The Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon challenges collegiate teams to design, build, and operate solar-powered houses that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and attractive. GW is a member of Team Capitol DC, a partnership that also includes the Catholic University of America and American University. Come learn about Harvest Home. A model of the house and its landscape will be on display.

We’ll provide lunch, you bring your questions! Seats are limited to 15, so sign up now.

Register Here

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Solar Decathlon Class Still Available

The add/drop period is still open, so we wanted to let you know about a change to one of our Scientific Reasoning and Discovery courses: Solar Decathlon, taught by Faculty Fellow Prof. Roddis.
The course now counts towards GW’s Sustainability Minor as Science/Engineering, along with is still counting for HONR: Scientific Reasoning and Discovery; GWSB: Science; SEAS: Elective; ESIA: Science.  (Please note that it doesn’t count towards CCAS’ G-PAC science requirement.)
Interested?  The full description is below, and there’s still time to switch into the class!
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