BSU Solar Decathlon Design & Build Challenges

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  • Quartz Countertop Selection 
    November 30, 2022 by

    The Alley House Team has been working with Olympia Stone out of Zionsville, IN, to make final selections for the house’s quartz countertop. Quartz was selected for the unit’s countertops because of its sustainable qualities and ability to have unique colors and textures. Quartz is durable, easy to clean, manufactured with recycled content, and is […]

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  • Framing Begins on the Alley House
    November 30, 2022 by

    The Alley House uses a system of framing known as advance framing. This is a building technique used to optimize material usage by using 2×6 at 24” on center, compared to traditional framing of 2x4s at 16” on center. This makes better use of typical sheathing sizes resulting in less waste and labor. This larger […]

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  • Breaking Ground for the Alley House
    November 2, 2022 by

    We’ve broken ground for the Alley House! The student’s two-family house that’s being built for the 2023 Solar Decathlon’s Design + Build competition. During this project students and faculty look for innovative methods to build a high performance, passive house certified, zero energy home. One of the innovations implemented into the design is a frost […]

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  • Alley House Ground Breaking July 13, 2022
    July 7, 2022 by

    The Solar Decathlon Team from Ball State University’s R. Wayne Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning invites you to the ceremonial groundbreaking of the Alley House, a small-footprint, net-zero, sustainable two-family home on an infill lot in Indianapolis’ Near Eastside. Englewood Community Development Corporation (ECDC) and Gratus Development collaborated on the Alley House, an interdisciplinary […]

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  • Another team win for the Alley House!
    June 8, 2022 by

    Congratulations to the CAP faculty, staff, and students and partner Englewood CDC of Indianapolis! The Alley House project was awarded $25,000 in State Farm’s Neighborhood Assist program following two rounds of competition.  In Round One, the Solar Decathlon team’s narrative proposal and budget was selected to advance, then in Round Two several days of public […]

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  • The Solar Decathlon Experience!
    June 2, 2022 by

    Check it out!   Today we received a letter form the Solar Decathlon Director, Holly Carr, congratulating us on becoming a finalist in the 2023 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon! The team is one of 21 finalist that were awarded $50,000 in funding. Please take time to read our letter to learn more! Ball […]

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  • Featured Ball State University Blog
    April 20, 2022 by

    Ball State’s CAP Students Learn while Designing, Helping Build Affordable, Net-Zero Energy Home That Will House Two Families April 6, 2022 by Landa Bagley Architecture is the avenue where form, function, creativity, and standards intersect, yielding a plan and design for something that greatly impacts people: a building. The true beauty of a building is revealed in […]

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  • Solar Decathlon Competition Event!
    April 19, 2022 by

    Good luck to the Build and Design Challenge teams from Ball State CAP as they prepare to compete in this weekend’s Solar Decathlon Competition Event! Six division trophies are up for grabs, as well as two Grand Winner awards. Stay tuned here for updates as teams compete and check back on April 24 for the […]

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