CCNY Spitzer Building Solar Roof Pod

CCNY Spitzer Building Solar Roof Pod

The students at the City College of New York's <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/help-these-handicapped-cats-by-building-them-a-meowhaus-to-live-in/">Spitzer School of Architecture</a> are elevating their work to a new level - all the way atop the building where their classes take place. The school will be installing a <a href="http://inhabitat.com/andrew-maynard-extends-15-foot-wide-solar-powered-moor-house-in-victoria/">solar-powered house</a> called the <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bring-back-the-roofpod-to-ccny">Solar Roofpod</a> on the roof of the school of architecture and when complete, the lofty perch will serve as a multi-purpose facility dedicated to sustainability. If the Roofpod looks familiar to you, it's probably because it was originally conceived as <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/ccnys-sun-powered-solar-roofpod-to-be-installed-on-spitzer-school-of-architectures-roof/">CCNY’s student-designed entry</a> in the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/2011-solar-decathlon/">2011 Solar Decathlon</a>.

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CCNY Spitzer Building Solar Roof Pod Corner

The Solar Roofpod is an 800-square-foot, modular one-story structure built with sustainable materials.

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CUNY Roof Pod

CCNY designed the building to take advantage of the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/arkhenspaces-wind-wing-taichung-cultural-center-design-features-a-wind-power-generating-green-wall/">underutilized</a> buildings rooftops in high-density urban areas such as New York. Team New York Roof Pod design by CUNY students for the Solar Decathlon Competition in New York City on September 9, 2011.

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CUNY Roof Pod

It can use <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/solar-power/">pure solar energy</a> to support all its utility needs including heat, cooling and electricity while producing enough <a href="http://inhabitat.com/germany-quadruples-energy-surplus-over-the-last-two-years/">surplus energy</a> that’s added back to the city grid.

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CUNY Roof Pod

Once installed atop the Spitzer School building, the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/green-building-labels-101-an-inhabitat-guide-to-third%C2%AD-party-environmental-certifications/">net-zero energy</a> structure will be used as a classroom, exhibit space for <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/sustainable-materials/">sustainable materials</a> and systems, and a living learning lab.

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CUNY Roof Pod

The CCNY professors are also planning to use it to host lunchtime lectures by sustainability and design as well as construction professionals, and New York City policymakers.

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CUNY Roof Pod

But <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/ccnys-sun-powered-solar-roofpod-to-be-installed-on-spitzer-school-of-architectures-roof/">before all of this can happen</a> the CCNY needs your help to fund the project. The City College architecture alumni have launched an Indiegogo campaign called <a href="http://citycollegeofnewyork.pr-optout.com/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d%3c13%2f8%26JDG%3c%3a0%3d%2f858%26SDG%3c90%3a.&RE=MC&RI=3955678&Preview=False&DistributionActionID=3254&Action=Follow+Link">Bring Back The Roofpod To CCNY!</a> The donated funds will help the CUNY school in the construction and transportation of the Solar Roofpod modules from a storage site in New Jersey.

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The students at the City College of New York's Spitzer School of Architecture are elevating their work to a new level - all the way atop the building where their classes take place. The school will be installing a solar-powered house called the Solar Roofpod on the roof of the school of architecture and when complete, the lofty perch will serve as a multi-purpose facility dedicated to sustainability. If the Roofpod looks familiar to you, it's probably because it was originally conceived as CCNY’s student-designed entry in the 2011 Solar Decathlon.

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CCNY Spitzer Building Solar Roof Pod