CONTACT: Deborah Kirschner, 212.229.

5667 x4310,
kirschnd@newschool.edu

UNIVERSITY STUDENTS BRING SOLAR DECATHLON TO DEANWOOD

Will Design Solar-Powered Home for Residents in Partnership with Habitat

for Humanity and Department of Housing and Community Development

WHAT: A "site-warming" event hosted by students from Parsons The New

School for Design, Milano The New School for Management and Urban
Policy, and Stevens Institute of Technology – one of the selected teams
for the 2011 Solar Decathlon – to introduce the community to the
project, which will forge new ground in the competition by developing
a solar-powered, two-family home for local residents of Deanwood,
working in partnership with Habitat for Humanity of Washington, D.C.
and the city's Department of Housing and Community Development.

WHEN/ Sunday, September 12, 2-5 pm

WHERE: Gault Place between Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave and 46th Street,
Deanwood

WHO:Students and Faculty from Parsons, MIlano and Stevens

Sylvia Brown, ANC 7C04 Commissioner
David Gano, Director of Construction, Habitat for Humanity, DC
Martine Combal, Department of Housing and Community Development

The Solar Decathlon is a biennial, international competition hosted by the U.S.

Department of Energy that challenges 20 collegiate teams to design, build, and
operate solar-powered houses that are cost-effective, energy-efficient and
attractive. These houses will be exhibited on the National Mall in October 2011. For
more information visit www.solardecathlon.gov.

Parsons The New School for Design and Milano The New School for
Management and Urban Policy are a vital part of The New School, a university
with a legacy of progressive ideals, scholarship, and pedagogy. One of world's
leading schools of art and design education, Parsons creatively and critically
addressing the complexities of life in the 21st century. Milano trains leaders for the
nonprofit, public, and private sectors, blending theory with hands-on practice, and
progressive thinking with social commitment. For more information visit
www.newschool.edu.

Stevens Institute of Technology, founded in 1870, is a premier institution

focused on research and entrepreneurship. Stevens is committed to exploring the
frontiers of engineering, science, and management. Creative and entrepreneurial
research is an integral part of the Stevens mission. For more information visit
www.stevens.edu.
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