SBA Trip to Las Vegas for the NAHB Convention and International Builders' Show
Feb 8, 2023
The Student Builder's Association club was able to fundraise money to send some of its members to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Con...
SBA Hosts Dog House Building Competition in November, 2022
Jan 6, 2023
The Student Builder's Association (SBA) held a dog house build competition in November, 2022. The Whiting-Turner contracting company graciously donate...
Department of Sustainable Technology & the Built Environment Receives Key Designation From the DOE
Sep 28, 2022
Two programs in the Department of Sustainable Technology & the Built Environment earned the first-ever Zero Energy Design Designation from th...
Rob Howard Named Plug-In NC Ambassador
May 31, 2022
One of our building science lecturers, Rob Howard, became a Plug-in NC ambassador in 2019 and is a long-time advocate for the adoption of electric veh...
Adaptable Solar Shades Installed
Jan 27, 2022
Graduate students Jackson Sloan and Dani Stockman constructed adaptable solar shades for one of Dr. Foroughi's research projects. The aim is to study ...
Appalachian Students Place 3rd in Their Division at the 2021 Solar Decathlon Design Challenge
Jun 23, 2021
Building Science students were selected as finalists in the 2021 U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon Design Challenge April. Undertaking thi...
Harris Integrated Solutions Donates HVAC Controls Equipment for Students to Use
Mar 16, 2021
The Building Science program at Appalachian State University would like to thank Harris Integrated Solutions for their extremely generous donation of ...
IDEXlab Students Rethink Design Projects To Respond To COVID-19
Aug 26, 2020
By Amanda BrasierA global pandemic changes everything. For students in Appalachian State University’s IDEXlab this semester, it changed the entire c...
IDEXlab Team among the recipients for the 2020 Chancellor's Innovation Scholars Program
May 20, 2020
BOONE, N.C. — Five winning entries by Appalachian State University faculty and staff have been announced for the 2020 Chancellor’s Innovation...
Building Science Program Awards
May 13, 2020
The Buildings Science Faculty are pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Building Science Program Awards: Most Outstanding Student i...