Solar Decathlon: Collegiate Challenge to Build the Future; Preprint
A new collegiate competition, called the Solar Decathlon, is under way. Fourteen teams from colleges and universities across the United States, including Puerto Rico, will assemble on the National Mall in Washington, DC, in late September 2002. They will compete to capture, convert, store, and use enough solar energy to power small, solar-powered, energy-efficient homes that they have designed, built, and transported to the site. Solar Decathletes will be required to provide all the energy for an entire household, including a home-based business and the transportation needs of the household and business. During the event, only the solar energy available within the perimeter of each house may be used to generate the power needed to compete in the ten Solar Decathlon contests. The event is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and private-sector partners BP Solar, American Institute of Architects, Electronic Data Systems, and Home Depot.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-99-GO10337
- OSTI ID:
- 15007052
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-520-32215; TRN: US200413%%101
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Conference title not supplied, Conference location not supplied, Conference dates not supplied; Other Information: PBD: 1 May 2002; Related Information: Prepared for the 29th IEEE PV Specialists Conference, 20-24 May
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
ARCHITECTS
BUSINESS
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
HOUSEHOLDS
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY
SOLAR ENERGY
PV
SOLAR DECATHLON
ENERGY-EFFICIENT HOMES
COLLEGIATE COMPETITION
BUILDING-INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAICS (BIPV)
SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
SOLAR ENERGY - PHOTOVOLTAICS