Fortunately, the UMR Solar House Team builds its houses in easy-to-take-apart sections (well, relatively easy). Here, part of the house built for the 2002 Solar Decathlon awaits a transitioning to a new, permanent foundation. Soon, the 2005 house will be moved out of storage to its new home next door to the 2002 house on UMR property. The vision is to create a solar village of sorts. In this village of the future, high utility bills and the threat of 100 degree temperatures causing blackouts will be worries of the past. Using the knowledge acquired from previous builds, UMR will begin construction of a brand new solar house this fall on the exact spot vacated by the house pictured above.
This section of the 2002 house (above) is in the process of being relocated to a new foundation nearby, where it will be reunited with the rest of itself.
The foundation in the foreground above has been prepared for the 2002 house. Eventually, there will be four houses, each built uniquely for Solar Decathlon competitions, in UMR's solar village. Solar Decathlons are held every two to three years in Washington D.C.
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