The Solar Decathlon
Every other year, the U.S. Energy Department holds a solar decathlon for groups from various universities around the world. The winning group gets a $100,000 grant over 2 years.
A Contest of a Different Sort
The solar decathlon is a remarkable strategy for promoting research study and development on solar development by the Energy Department. The Department picks 20 groups from a lot of prospects to take part.
To win the rivals, the groups are provided the goal of establishing and making a home that runs completely on solar energy. The most energy reliable home wins the university and the rivals is given $100,000 for research study and development of solar developments.
In 2005, the University of Colorado was the winner of the rivals with Cornell and Cal Poly winding up 2nd and 3rd. It was the 2nd win in a row for Colorado over such schools as MIT and Cal Poly. The groups for the 2007 rivals have in fact been selected and are currently handling their jobs:
California Polytechnic State University
Carnegie Mellon University
Cornell University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Kansas State University
Lawrence Technological University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New York City Institute of Technology
Group Montreal
Technische Universität Darmstadt,
Texas A&M University
Pennsylvania State University
Universidad de Puerto Rico
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
University of Cincinnati
University of Colorado
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Maryland
University of Missouri-Rolla,
University of Texas at Austin
The groups are since of construct their homes on the National Mall on October 7, 2007. With the new interest of the Bush Administration in solar power, potentially the contest will get a Presidential see.
To win the rivals, the groups are supplied the goal of producing and producing a home that runs completely on solar energy. The groups are not simply required to produce and establish the home, nevertheless they require to develop your houses on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for all to see. The most energy reliable home wins the university and the rivals is given $100,000 for research study and development of solar developments.
In 2005, the University of Colorado was the winner of the rivals with Cornell and Cal Poly winding up 2nd and 3rd. The groups for the 2007 rivals have in fact been chosen and are currently dealing with their tasks:
In 2005, the University of Colorado was the winner of the rivals with Cornell and Cal Poly ending up 2nd and 3rd. The groups for the 2007 rivals have in fact been selected and are currently dealing with their jobs:
To win the rivals, the groups are offered the goal of producing and producing a home that runs totally on solar power. The groups are not simply required to develop and establish the home, nevertheless they require to develop the homes on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for all to see. The most energy reliable home wins the university and the rivals is given $100,000 for research study and improvement of solar developments.
