About the 2009 Solar Decathlon
What is the Solar Decathlon?
The Solar Decathlon is a competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in partnership with its National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
This is the fourth Solar Decathlon event and the second time the University of Illinois will be involved. The Decathlon gets its name from the 10 specific areas of competition: architecture, engineering, market viability, communications, comfort, appliances, hot water, lighting, energy balance, and transportation. In addition to producing enough electricity and hot water to perform all the functions of a home, from powering lights and electronics to cooking, washing clothes and dishes, each home must produce surplus energy sufficient to power an electric car. The team that finishes the week of competition with the most points wins.
2009 SD Teams
The following teams have been selected for the 2009 competition:
- Boston Architectural College, Boston, Massachusetts; and Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
- Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
- Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa
- Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri
- The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
- Rice University, Houston, Texas
- Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California; and California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California
- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
- Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
- University of Calgary, SAIT Polytechnic, and Mount Royal College; Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois
- University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario; Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario; and Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
