If you've followed my blog for any length of time, you're aware of my fascination with solar power. Although my personal involvement with solar is currently limited to my Solio gadget charger, I always like to highlight and follow innovation taking place in this emerging field.
In this blog post, I'd like to highlight the 2009 Solar Decathlon competition to be held in October in Washington D.C. Universities from across the country and around the world compete in five subjective (architecture, market viability, engineering, lighting design, communications) and five objective (comfort zone, hot water, appliances, home entertainment, net metering) categories.
The competition is organized by the U.S. Department of Energy, and this year's sustaining sponsors are Applied Materials, BP, Pepco, and Schneider Electric.
I'd like to extend my appreciation and support to all these visionary students for changing the way we think about how and where we live. Check out the teams' websites below.
Cornell University
Iowa State University
Penn State University
Rice University
Team Alberta
Team Boston
Team California
Team Missouri
Team North
Team Germany
Team Spain
Ohio State University
University of Arizona
University of Puerto Rico
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Kentucky
University of Louisiana - Lafayette
University of Minnesota
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Virginia Tech University
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