Topic Page: Solar Decathlon
Every two years, collegiate teams compete to win a unique home contest: who’s team can build a house that is completely solar powered, affordable and attractive to boot? See all the teams. Have an idea in Solar Decathlon? Tell us
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Webisodes Related to Solar Decathlon
A Sustainable Home For A Returning Veteran
A multi-university team from Washington, DC is competing in this year’s Solar Decathlon and aiming for a very special end product – a house suitable as a healing home for a returning American veteran.
Empowerhouse: Community-Based Sustainable Living
THIS WEEK: How to turn a Solar Decathlon house into a home. GW students Melissa Turley and Jon Fenech followed Team Empowerhouse through the Solar Decathlon. Their innovation? Making it affordable enough to be a Habitat for Humanity home.
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A Solar Conversation with Secretary Chu
THIS WEEK: In this week’s webisode, Planet Forward’s Frank Sesno interviews Secretary of Energy, Dr. Steven Chu at the 2011 Solar Decathlon! Chu talks about the coolest innovations, and even wonks out a bit on r-values and building materials.
Solar and the City – Team New York’s Solar Decathlon House
THIS WEEK’s WEBISODE: The Solar Decathlon teams are in Washington DC! Check out Team New York’s Roof Pod — it sits atop a sky rise building and helps generate power PLUS: Brendan Owens, Planet Forward’s newest Expert weighs in the use of new building materials.
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Solar in the Southern Hemisphere – New Zealand’s Solar House
THIS WEEK: In this week’s webisode check out the New Zealand team’s neat innovations like the hydronic drying cupboard that can dry 6 bath towels in an hour and a half using…water?
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Solar Decathlon – Tennessee’s on Top
Viewers voted and TENNESSEE is on top in the race for the Solar Decathlon! Check out the Tennessee team’s use of solar energy, insulated windows and a remote control iPad. Ask expert Bill Worthen what HIS thoughts are on the Tennessee team’s Living Light House.
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DOE's Solar Decathlon Brings #SunnyIdeas to Planet Forward
This week, we begin Planet Forward’s coverage of the Solar Decathlon! 20 collegiate teams from around the world are designing and building sustainable solar homes. In this week’s WEBISODE, we take a look at the unique use of water in The University of Maryland‘s home.
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TV Segments Related to Solar Decathlon
Solar Innovations at the Solar Decathlon
Lean green design teams from around the world produced some winning ideas at this year’s Solar Decathlon. Maryland won DOE’s top prize, but we staged our own vote. From Vermont, Middlebury College got the nod.
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Innovations at the Solar Decathlon
Planet Forward host Frank Sesno tours the Solar Decathlon with Don Ferrier, home builder and President of Ferrier Custom Homes. Take a look at some of the top innovations at the SD2011!
Solar Decathlon: The Race to Build the Most Efficient Solar Home
Peek into the solar powered house designs from Middlebury College in Vermont and University of Maryland. It’s all for the Solar Decathlon competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Articles From the Blog Related to Solar Decathlon
Creature Comforts — Hold the Carbon
For all of the articles, feature slideshows and video reports from the 2011 Solar Decathlon, few focused on the most important real-world determinants in buying a home: comfort and home entertainment. Even though the Decathlon featured categories for comfort and entertainment, few journalists appreciated the difficulty of building a comfortable residence without fossil fuels. Face it. No one …Read More…
Watch Tonight! Middlebury featured on Nightly Business Report
Middlebury’s Self Reliance, a house modeled after the classic New England Farmhouse, won our Solar Decathlon contest. Now, we’re featuring them on national TV. Watch tonight on PBS’s Nightly Business Report and learn why this team inspired so many and won the vote.
Building Sustainable Homes on a Budget
We’ve all heard people say that building environmentally sustainable homes is just too costly. The most recent critic to step up against zero-carbon homes is Sheffield Hallam University in the United Kingdom. Given London’s famously dismal climate, I can’t blame the Queen for raining on sustainable energy’s parade. But this year’s Solar Decathlon has some …Read More…
For University of Maryland, Solar Decathlon Victory is a Day in the Sun
The final results of the 2011 Solar Decathlon caught the University of Maryland off guard. After all, the UMD team was only one of 19 competitors assembled on Washington D.C.’s West Potomac Park last week as the Department of Energy sought out this year’s most innovative and practical solar homes. Schools from around the world …Read More…
On Houses and Homes: Top 5 Stories Behind Solar Decathlon Entries
We build houses, but it’s the living in a house that makes it a home. Every home — even your home — has a history that represents who lived there and how they lived. The same goes for the houses in Solar Decathlon. While they’re lauded for their innovation, they also use their region’s rich …Read More…
Solar Decathlon Photo Contest
View: Teams | All SD Videos | NBR | Blog | Ask an Expert Take the Solar Decathlon Matchmaking Quiz!Enter in the Photo Contest The mall is all abuzz with college students from all over the world constructing their sustainable houses for the 2011 Solar Decathlon…but that’s not the only competition heating up! Here, in …Read More…
Terps Charged Up for the Solar Decathlon
As others have noted, Obama said very little about green jobs in his jobs speech last Thursday. But when he proposed to pay for his new plan, he targeted the subsidies we give to the oil and gas industry and allocated $40 billion in cuts from these very, very profitable companies to partially pay for …Read More…
What are Your #SunnyIdeas?
This fall, twenty collegiate teams from around the world will be converging on DC to compete in the Solar Decathlon, a competition sponsored by the Department of Energy. Their challenge is to build a single-family home that is completely powered by solar energy. It has to be livable, attractive and functional. Now we’re looking at …Read More…
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