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

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.

Some images.

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.