Appalachian State Virtual Tour – Solar Decathlon 2011

[music] I’ve been involved with the project
for over two years now and it’s absolutely exciting and thrilling to be here on The National
Mall. We couldn’t be more proud just to be selected to be in this and to be able to display
our home here. [music] The main part about the project
that we think is marketable is the fact that it is a real house. It’s a two-bedroom house.
It has full-size appliances. We also have an extra flex space in the back. The flex
zone can act as a home office. It has an additional powder room. It has an outdoor shower so it’s
actually an additional full bath. You could use it as a guest space or a home office. [music] We took the idea of having outbuildings
that support a main building and put outbuildings around our building that actually create solar
power for our house. This creates the great porch which is one of our major features. It celebrates outdoor living by having bifacial
solar panels, rather than having them tacked on top of the house we actually celebrate
the solar panels, you can see them from underneath. We actually get extra power where it reflects
from underneath; so it’s a really cool feature. Clearly we couldn’t have done this
without the support from all of our sponsors in the university and we’re extremely proud
to be representing the entire state in this prestigious competition. [music]