UC Berkeley and the Solar Decathlon
The Solar Decathlon is a competition in which 20 teams of college and university students compete to design, build, and operate the most attractive, effective, and energy-efficient solar-powered house.The event takes place on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Teams of college students design a solar house, knowing from the outset that it must be powered entirely by the sun. In a quest to stretch every last watt of electricity that's generated
by the solar panels on their roofs, the students absorb the
lesson that energy is a precious commodity. They strive to innovate, using high-tech materials and design elements in ingenious ways. Along the way, the students learn how to raise funds and communicate about team activities. They collect supplies and talk to contractors. They build their solar houses, learning as they go.
It has been suggested that UC Berkeley participate in this competition, but without an existing team, it will take several years to bring one up to par with the Universities that have built legacies by sending students in the past.
For more information, please visit http://www.solardecathlon.org/. If you or someone you know would like to participate, have ideas, expertise, or enthusiasm in this project, please contact Bozidar Stojadinovic at boza@ce.berkeley.edu.
posted at 2:44 PM
2 Comments:
I seriously considered forming a team until i realized how much it would cost to transport a house across the country and back. Not very sustainable in my view. So I thought it would be a better idea to start a west coast competition...
Anyone interested?
Andrea,
You might be interested in contacting Professor Stojadinovic at boza@ce.berkeley.edu (the link was missing in the original post). He is the one who brought up making the team in the first place. Maybe you two can figure something out.
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