Columbia Weather Systems

The Solar Decathlon - Europe begins in Madrid this month and the Virginia Tech Solar House is competing using an Orion 420 weather station with Weather MicroServer and WeatherMaster Software to help optimize energy usage. "Lumenhaus" was originally designed and built for the 2009 U.S. Solar Decathlon. At the turn of the New Year, the house was on Times Square in New York for four days exhibit and an appearance on Good Morning America . For more information: Experience "the power of light" at www.lumenhaus.com Orion 420 Weather Station offering 4-20 mA output Photo courtesy of Virginia Tech School of Architecture + Design.

Remember the Superbowl ad that told a love story through Google Search? Well, in honor of Small Business Week, Google offered us the chance to write our own search story. Turn on the audio and click here or on the image to view the result: Weather Here and Now The morale of our story? Professional weather monitoring – right where you need it, right when you need it. (And here is the love story ad in case you've forgotten: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnsSUqgkDwU )