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  • Windsor Conference 2014

    On the weekend of April 10-12, Isabelle Leysens and Shan He from the ISU CBER team traveled to London, England to attend the 8th annual Windsor Conference, hosted on the grounds of Windsor Castle. Read More

    April 17, 2014

  • Our Team Represented at Windsor Conference 2014

    Isabelle Leysens, and undergraduate architecture student, gave a presentation on her work in developing a Dynamic Visual Comfort Zone, or DViC Zone for ISU's solar home Read More

    April 17, 2014

  • CBER Students Present Research to Legislatures

    On April 1, over 60 undergraduates from the Regent universities will present their research to legislatures and others at the State Capitol building in Des… Read More

    March 21, 2014

  • New Project Lakeside Lab

    The Lakeside Lab in Okaboji, IA is our research team's new project which will be an energy analysis the existing spaces and strategies to improve energy utilization. Read More

    February 14, 2014

  • NSF EPScOR conference student competition WIN!

    Our team at the National NSF EPScOR Conference .. Read More

    December 30, 2013

  • Wind Testing with Senors Nov.24-25th

    This test ran on Nov. 24-25th was Experiment #A3 which evaluated the system design and temperature profile in the Interlock House for passive heating and natural cooling. Read More

    December 30, 2013

  • Mechanical Room to be Redesigned

    As the integration of a solar desiccant system draws closer, the CBER team has agreed its time for a mechanical room redesign. Read More

    October 13, 2013

  • Sensor Tree Nearing Completion

    Extremely mobile and easily adjustable, these sensor trees have been designed to take accurate measurements at designated heights throughout the Interlock house. Read More

    September 13, 2013

  • The Weather is HOT

    Finally, talking about the weather is no longer small talk. This fall, the CBER (Center for Building Energy Research) team will be working toward understanding what it’s really like to live in a passive solar home that uses building design for climate control instead of mechanical means (such as air conditioning). Read More

    September 2, 2013

  • Academic Year 2013-14 Start

    So, we are off to a new academic year with record high temperatures! Read More

    August 28, 2013