Homer Hurst

Homer enlisted in the United States Navy in 1942, and served as a pilot in the South Pacific during World War II.

Hurst spent the next 35 years at Virginia Tech and was a charter member of the National Institute of Building Sciences in 1974.

The project demonstrated energy conservation methods based on passive solar principles and innovative wood framing techniques.

[4] Beyond its inventive passive solar design, a remarkable aspect of the project was its use of just one third of the typical amount of building materials of a traditional wood-framed home.

In 1986, Mortimer M. Marshall, Jr., FAIA, fellow founding member of the National Institute of Building Sciences said, "Homer’s research at Virginia Tech was a great help in our efforts to improve the quality and performance of military housing throughout the world.