Last weekend a group of awesome UMR Solar House Team members began construction on the 2007 UMR Solar House. Even though it was cold and snow was threatening, they were working hard. Check out the pictures below. (click on them to enlarge)

This is the foundation with 2 feet of water and ice. Josh worked for hours breaking up the 3 inch thick ice.

This is the 42 foot long base structure for the entire house. Thanks to Boise Cascade for donating a major chunck of the subfloor! Notice the 2002 and 2005 previous competition houses in the background. This will be the third solar powered in the UMR SOLAR VILLAGE!

Look at those hard workers!

What a beautiful frame! 30 minutes later it’s snowing.

Today we finished the siding on the 2005 house. The outside is almost complete! All that is left is the solar panels and painting the siding.



The 2002 house only has interior painting left! The inside of the house was a dust storm with all the sanding going on today. Thats going to take a lot of clean up.

Today we rewired the 2002 house to run the electric systems to the basement. The inverters, power point trackers, and batteries are all mounted and ready to be wired. Tomorrow the lights will be turned on!

Today the team placed almost all the roof sections on the 2005 house. Thanks to Thermocore of Missouri, we almost have it looking like a house finally… well from the outside.

The UMR Solar Village is under construction! The 2002 house has been placed on site and the 2005 will be moving on this weekend! Come out and watch us make these four pieces into one beautiful home!