From the Lexington Herald Leader: "Dennis Reynolds' new house isn't just a place to live. It's an experiment. The 1,000-square-foot modular home is one of two prototype structures built during the past year in a project to develop highly energy-efficient, relatively low-cost houses that may be built at…
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"Dennis Reynolds, 29, his wife, Billie Reynolds, 28, and their 3-year-old son, Grabrille Reynolds, will soon move into the second prototype of an energy-efficient manufactured house called Houseboat to Energy Efficient Residences (HBEER)," from The Times-Tribune, Corbin, KY. The Corbin News Journal also ran a feature…
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U.S Representative, Hal Rogers, visited the houseboat manufacturing facility, Stardust Cruisers, on June 9 to view the construction of an HBEER (Houseboat to Energy Efficient Residence) single-family home prototype. The unit, designed by UK/CoD architecture students, represents a new niche market for the economically depressed houseboat…
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Tom Eblen, Lexington Herald-Leader columnists, writes about the UK/CoD 'River Cities Project,' and its possible inclusion in the 5th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, in April 2012.
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The HBEER (Houseboat to Energy Efficient Housing) Project is used as an example of federal funds well spent in a Lexington Herald Leader editorial.
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The Lexington Herald Leader featured the HBEER (Houseboat to Energy Efficient Residence) Project on its front page, entitled, 'Future of Kentucky's houseboat industry might be on land.'
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The University of Kentucky's S•KY BLUE House, which finished ninth of 20 competitors at the 2009 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon competition, will be featured on KET (Kentucky Educational Television) beginning at 10:30 p.m. EST Monday, Jan. 10, on KET2 (Insight Cable Channel 15). The program will take a…
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After competing in Washington D.C. last fall and accepting visitors on the front lawn of the Main Building at the University of Kentucky this past spring and summer, UK's solar house is now greeting visitors from around the world at the the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG)…
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Architecture Instructor Michael McKay's studio, PERFORMA has been published in 'Contemporary Digital Architecture: Design and Techniques' by Dimitris Kottas.
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The Solar Decathlon house is currently in storage. On January 1, 2010 the house will be displayed on the University of Kentucky’s campus.
Read more in the UKCoD features: Solar Decathlon Competition: The UK S•KY Blue Team
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