{"72327":{"#nid":"72327","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Solar Decathlon Team Moving Into Next Phase","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Solar Decathlon team marked the beginning of its building phase with a groundbreaking of sorts.  The team gathered at the Decathlon construction site along with sponsors and supporters to kick off the construction phase of the competition.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It is kind of exciting and terrifying at the same time because we put a lot of thought into the design, but there are always things you don\u0027t think about - especially from a construction perspective,\u0022 said Jodi Bell-Quinn, a master\u0027s student in the Architecture Program.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe construction site is at 575 14th Street, which is on the corner of 14th Street and Hemphill Avenue. The house will be built in the parking lot behind the Institute of Paper Science and Technology (IPST) building.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team won\u0027t actually start building for a couple of weeks because it is waiting on materials and supplies, but the evolution of the house is well under way.  Students from across campus have been collaborating on the design of the house and learning from each other.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Working with other majors has been very educational,\u0022 said Nadine Cafhlan, a fourth-year Architecture student.  \u0022Our thought processes are different from one major to the next.  This project allows you to see how engineers and architecture students go about finding a solution differently. We all come at it from different angles, but in the end we are striving for the same conclusion.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Working with engineers brings a new aspect to the design because they think about things we haven\u0027t considered before,\u0022 said Bell-Quinn.  \u0022It makes the project more like the real world and I think the more collaboration we have during the process the richer the project will be in the end.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETeam members will continue to develop the design and are well under way with their marketing and communication efforts that are part of the competition.  Please visit the Solar Decathlon Web site at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.solar.gatech.edu\u0022 title=\u0022www.solar.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.solar.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E for more information.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Solar Decathlon team is entering the construction phase of the competition"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Solar Decathlon team marked the beginning of its building phase with a groundbreaking of sorts.  The team gathered at the Decathlon construction site along with sponsors and supporters to kick off the construction phase of the competition.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech\u0027s Solar Decathlon team enters next phase"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2007-02-16 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:37","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-02-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2007-02-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72328":{"id":"72328","type":"image","title":"Chris Jarrett and Marc Rice at Solar Decathlon Gro","body":null,"created":"1449177454","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:17:34","changed":"1475894656","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:16"}},"media_ids":["72328"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.eere.energy.gov\/","title":"Department of Engergy"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.eere.energy.gov\/solar_decathlon\/","title":"Solar Decathlon"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.solar.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Solar Decathlon"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2029","name":"Competition"},{"id":"213","name":"energy"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"2481","name":"Groundbreaking"},{"id":"170758","name":"solar decathlon"},{"id":"167220","name":"Southern Company"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}