http://www.schinnerer.com/blogs/rm/tags/solar/ Shortening our publishing cycle en Paul Riccardi Mon, 21 May 2012 12:26:00 GMT Pebble (http://pebble.sourceforge.net) http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.schinnerer.com/blogs/rm/2011/08/17/dow_home_design_challenge.html <p>In an effort to generate new ideas about sustainable design solutions for the future, the Dow Chemical Company has launched its <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Dow-Challenges-Students-bw-49946299.html;_ylt=Avo872DTmG4f9zxB_mn1jDO2ba9_;_ylu=X3oDMTFla3U5bDd0BHBvcwM1OARzZWMDbmV3c0h1YkFydGljbGVMaXN0BHNsawNkb3djaGFsbGVuZ2U-?x=0">Dow Solar Design to Zero Competition</a>. The competition asks architecture and engineering students to design near-zero energy multi-family dwellings.&nbsp;</p> <div>Dow, a giant global chemical company, has expressed a commitment to sustainability, as evidenced by the <a href="http://www.dow.com/sustainability/goals/">sustainability goals listed on its website</a>. It hopes to achieve its lofty goals by 2015. The goals include producing breakthroughs that will &ldquo;significantly help world challenges&rdquo; involving energy, climate change, water, food, housing, and health. Dow plans to develop technologies that further sustainability, and the hope is that this competition will help&nbsp;it to do so.</div> http://www.schinnerer.com/blogs/rm/2011/08/17/dow_home_design_challenge.html#comments http://www.schinnerer.com/blogs/rm/2011/08/17/dow_home_design_challenge.html Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:54:00 GMT