{"id":215,"date":"2022-11-02T15:36:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T19:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bsu.edu\/sd-buildindy\/?p=215"},"modified":"2022-11-11T15:51:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T20:51:53","slug":"breaking-ground-for-the-alley-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bsu.edu\/sd-buildindy\/2022\/11\/02\/breaking-ground-for-the-alley-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Ground for the Alley House"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-220\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-sites.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2022\/11\/11154922\/SD_Foundation_NOV2_2-540x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-sites.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2022\/11\/11154922\/SD_Foundation_NOV2_2-540x720.jpg 540w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-sites.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2022\/11\/11154922\/SD_Foundation_NOV2_2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-sites.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2022\/11\/11154922\/SD_Foundation_NOV2_2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-sites.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2022\/11\/11154922\/SD_Foundation_NOV2_2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/>We\u2019ve broken ground for the Alley House!<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The student\u2019s two-family house that&#8217;s being built for the 2023 Solar Decathlon\u2019s 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 protected, shallow slab foundation that floats on a double layer of rigid polystyrene. This method uses less concrete and reduces the carbon emissions associated with the Portland cement in the concrete and provides a super-insulated foundation. The GEO-Slab system is engineered by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/legalett-canada\/\" data-attribute-index=\"0\" data-entity-hovercard-id=\"urn:li:fs_miniCompany:3497882\" data-entity-type=\"MINI_COMPANY\">Legalett Canada Inc.<\/a>, a company in Canada. CAP&#8217;s\u00a0Alley House\u00a0is one of only a few buildings in Indiana to use this innovative system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve broken ground for the Alley House! 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