Empowerhouse Collaborative

DC Habitat is hiring!

We're looking for full-time AmeriCorps members to serve on our construction sites and with our Volunteer Services Department starting this summer. Improve communities, change lives, and launch your career! http://bit.ly/1pNFJid

Great to see Stevens Institute of Technology SURE House for the 2015 Solar Decathlon entry!!

Stevens Institute of Technology: The SURE House - 2015 Solar Decathlon Entry The SURE HOUSE started with a simple question: how can we design a home which both reduces its energy use and adapts to the realities of a changing, more ext...

National Geographic Magazine included the Empowerhouse Collaborative in a recent article about the Passive House movement in the United States!

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2015/01/150120-thermos-like-passive-homes-heat-up-in-the-us/

Thermos-Like Passive Homes Aggressively Save Energy The passive-building standard is catching on in North America, but it also faces challenges.

Empowerhouse Team Members have been published in SCUP's Planning for Higher Education Journal describing the unique challenges and successes of the project. It's a great read!

Empowerhouse featured in Society for College and University Planning Journal The Empowerhouse is a collaborative project between Parsons, Environmental Policy & Sustainability Management program, the Stevens Institute of Technology and community partners that was submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy's 2011 Solar Decathalon project. Not only did Empowerhouse take first…

The Empowerhouse Project has been named to GreenSource Magazine's list of Best Green Houses:

http://greensource.construction.com/features/bestgreenhouses/2013/04/1304-deanwood-duplicate.asp

Deanwood Duplicate: A Solar Decathlon house makes waves. Empowerhouse is the first Solar Decathlon house in the competitions history to house a local family permanently.

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Solar Decathlon at Home in D.C. Sets let you organize your photos on Flickr. Explore the 22 photos in this set.

Residents Will Move Into DC’s First Passive House In January Empowerhouse, DC's first passive house, celebrated its completion today and will be welcoming its first residents in January.

EMPOWERHOUSE: Solar Decathlon Team, Habitat for Humanity and D.C. Goverment Celebrate Completion of. Developed in partnership with Habitat for Humanity of Washington, D.C. (DC Habitat), and the D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), the project marks the first time in the Solar Decathlon's history that a team partnered from the outset with civic and government agencies to...

http://online.wsj.com/article/AP44b8cb5e59d64c5784a002f2c8fc5eb8.html

DC unveiling energy efficient, affordable home WASHINGTON — District of Columbia officials are unveiling a new affordable and energy efficient home.

DC unveiling energy efficient, affordable home | WashingtonExaminer.com WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia officials are unveiling a new affordable and energy efficient home. District officials plan to show off the new Empowerhouse Tuesday morning in the city's Deanwood neighborhood. Housing officials say the home consumes 90 percent less energy than a typical home....