The biennial Solar Decathlon finished today and teams will begin the grunt work of taking their homes back or sending them off if the homes were acquired. As we’ve done in the past, here’s a short roundup of all 19 Solar Decathlon homes for 2011. The competition fosters the design, build, and operation of net-zero energy homes that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and attractive. Maryland won the entire competition, and Appalachian State was given the People’s Choice Award.Â
Appalachian State University
The Solar Homestead — www.thesolarhomestead.com
Florida International University
perFORM[D]ance House — solardecathlon.fiu.edu
Middlebury College
Self-Reliance — solardecathlon.middlebury.edu
New Zealand: Victoria University of Wellington
First Light — www.firstlighthouse.ac.nz
The Ohio State University
enCORE — solardecathlon.osu.edu
Parsons and Stevens Institute of Technology
Empowerhouse — parsit.parsons.edu
Purdue University
INhome — www.purdue.edu/inhome/
SCI-Arc/Caltech
CHIP — www.chip2011.com
Team Belgium: Ghent University
E-Cube — www.solardecathlon.ugent.be
Canada: University of Calgary
Technological Residence, Traditional Living (TRTL) — www.solardecathlon.ca
Team China: Tongji University
Y Container — solardecathlon.tongji.edu.cn
Team Florida (USF, FSU, UCF, and UF)
Flex House — www.flexhouse.org
Team Massachusetts (MassArt, Umass Lowell)
4D Home — www.4dhome.us
Team New Jersey (Rutgers, NJIT)
ENJOY House — www.solarteamnewjersey.com
Team New York (The City College of New York)
Solar Roofpod — www.ccnysolardecathlon.com
Tidewater Virginia (ODU, Hampton U)
Unit 6 Unplugged — www.teamtidewaterva.org
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Re_home — www.solardecathlon.illinois.edu
University of Maryland
WaterShed — 2011.solarteam.org
The University of Tennessee
Living Light: UT Solar Decathlon House — www.livinglightutk.com
[+] Check out the Solar Decathlon 2011 models.
[+] Check out the Solar Decathlon 2011 renderings.
*University of Hawaii has withdrawn from competition.
Credit: Jim Tetro/U.S. DOE.
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Awesome stuff. I was just thinking of going solar on my house and swimming pool. I think it would be a great investment into my future as well as my childrens. Love the post.
We should be bulldozing entire neighbourhoods to build this sort of housing. Lets start with Detroit, it’s mostly torn down already.
We should be bulldozing entire neighbourhoods to build this sort of housing. Lets start with Detroit, it’s mostly torn down already.
how about we just reto fix the current homes it will save trees and landfill space and money any home can be fix with solar and wind and geothermal
We should be bulldozing entire neighbourhoods to build this sort of housing. Lets start with Detroit, it’s mostly torn down already.
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