Solar Decathlon 2011

Open Dates: 
Monday, September 16, 2013

Every two years, collegiate teams compete to win a unique home contest: whose team can build a house that is completely solar powered, affordable and attractive to boot? Check out our coverage of the 2011 Solar Decathlon, including coverage from the students of team #THINKFWD and universities around the country.

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solar deacthlon, Middlebury College, Solar Energy, Empowerhouse, watershed, energy innovation, FleX House
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New York Solar-Thermal Technology Models Home Efficiency
Team New York Solar Decathlon
The Solar Roofpod is a piece of urban infrastructure which captures the most underutilized energy, the sun, and utilizes it through innovative engineering systems to feed power to a single pod, whole buildings, and the city's power grid.
Episode 1: Founding Members - Victoria University Students Meet and Plan for the Competition
New Zealand:Victoria University - Solar Decathlon team
Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand: Victoria University of Wellington is the first team from the Southern hemisphere to compete in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011. They have made a series of video blogs which follow their progress in the lead up to the... Read More
Y-Container Contains the Future -- Team China's Solar Design
jellyhua
Tonji University is constructing a solar house for Team China in the DOE Solar Decathlon 2011. Low cost in photovoltaic technology embedded house. Module design and custom optimized module selection. Quick assembling and transportation. http://... Read More
The CCNY Roofpod: An Eco-Conscious Investment Opportunity
Team New York Solar Decathlon
The Roofpod is more than just a house, more than an energy source or a garden; it is a piece of urban infrastructure, part of an integrated system to simultaneously address the challenges of electrical energy production, heating and cooling,... Read More
Team Middlebury Traces Architecture to the Vermont Landscape
Middlebury Solar Decathlon 2011
Middlebury College; U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Competition
This video shows and describes the architecture of Self-Reliance, Team Middlebury's Solar Decathlon home. It is part of a series of four videos (Walkthrough, Market Appeal, Architecture, and Engineering) submitted to the Department of Energy for the... Read More
Active and Passive Systems Ignite Team Tennessee's Living Light
Living Light
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
The University of Tennessee’s Living Light house incorporates the knowledge of Tennessee’s past and present to create an environmentally responsive, comfortable home to meet the needs of today. The dual extremes of our climate led the original... Read More
New Zealand's First Light House - A Bond of Nature and Lifestyle
New Zealand:Victoria University - Solar Decathlon team
Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand: Victoria University of Wellington is the first team from the Southern hemisphere to compete in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011. This animated fly-through shows what the house will look like and how it works. View... Read More
Tennessee's Mr. Photon Explains Solar Energy
Living Light
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
With education at the forefront of the Living Light endeavor, a Solar Decathlon 2011 project from University of Tennessee, we want to provide ways to reach people of all ages and educate them about our home and sustainability. Enter Mr. Photon.
Bohemian Roof City: Team New York Builds for the Solar Decathlon
Team New York Solar Decathlon
The Solar Roofpod is a “penthouse with a purpose,” designed to respond to the market for economical new housing in cities, and to be a solid investment for existing building owners.
YOUR WINNER: Middlebury's Self Reliance
Middlebury Solar Decathlon 2011
Middlebury College; U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Competition
Congratulations Middlebury Solar Decathlon Team! They won our popular vote and will be featured on PBS in a few weeks. See why they won!

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