Professor Patrick Peters of the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture at the University of Houston and his work with the Graduate Design Build Studio recently was featured by the Houston Chronicle. The use of solar panels in the Design Build Studio’s projects was one of the foci of the interview (see newspaper article below).

UH students bring the sun down to earth

University of Houston architecture professor Patrick Peters stands underneath the solar panels powering the McReynolds Middle School’s Solar Shade Tree,Thursday, November 15, 2012. Peters led a graduate design/building project in which the students designed and built a solar-powered structure.