Solar Decathlon Award Number: DE-EE0007353 CX(s) Applied: B1.22, B3.14 Office of Strategic Programs Date: 5/15/2017 Location(s): CO Office(s): Golden Field Office
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May 23, 2017
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Solar Decathlon
Award Number: DE-EE0007353
CX(s) Applied: B1.22, B3.14
Office of Strategic Programs
Date: 5/15/2017
Location(s): CO
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Energetics, Inc. to carry out Solar Decathlon 2017. The Solar Decathlon encourages collegiate teams from around the world to design, build, and operate solar-powered houses that are cost effective, energy-efficient, and attractive.
The Solar Decathlon is a two-year program that culminates with an on-site competition between each university team that submits a home. The first year is centered on design while the second year involves materials selection, construction and fundraising. After construction is completed on-campus, the houses are disassembled and transported to the event site where they are reassembled and made ready for the competition. The winner of the competition is the team that best blends affordability, consumer appeal, and design excellence with optimal energy production and maximum efficiency. The winning team would be awarded a $300,000 prize. After the competition is over the teams and organizers have five days for disassembly. Competition participants include:
•École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Lausanne, Switzerland)
•Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Joint Base Andrews, MD)
•HU University of Applied Science Utrecht (Utrecht, Netherlands)
•Missouri University of Science and Technology (Rolla, Missouri)
•Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois)
•University of Alabama at Birmingham (Birmingham, Alabama)
•University of California at Berkeley (Berkeley, California)
•University of California, Davis (Davis, California)
•University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland)
•University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Las Vegas, Nevada)
•Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri)
•Washington State University (Pullman, WA)
•West Virginia University (Morgantown, West Virginia)