The commercial and global appeal of University of Michigan’s MiSo House was highlighted in an Oct. 14, 2009 EcoHome Magazine article, “Solar Decathlon Projects Generate Cutting-Edge Technology.”

Taubman College Professor of Architecture Harry Giles spoke of his ongoing research on the Michigan Solar (MiSo) House, and how he has been approached by investors to mass-produce the modular home in Peru.

“The project has springboarded into another grant we’ve received for prefabricated modular housing for multifamily low-income development,” Giles told the magazine. “That’s the next generation in fabrication, concept, and development, and a lot of that involves the methods we tested and experimented with in the original MiSo House.”

The MiSo House was a 2005 contender in the Solar Decathlon, a government-sponsored competition that inspires energy-efficient homebuilding.

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