The Solar Decathlon’s Net-Zero Dwellings
EESI visits the 2011 U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon. Participating teams from universities in the U.S., China, Canada, Belgium and New Zealand presented their designs for net-zero energy...
View ArticleSun and Water, a Winning Combination
The University of Maryland’s Watershed home took first place at the Solar Decathlon 2011. See what innovations took them straight to the top!Video Produced by: Sara Snyder and Bridgett LynnTo join the...
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Watch Tonight! Middlebury featured on Nightly Business Report
Middlebury’s Self Reliance, a house modeled after the classic New England Farmhouse, won our Solar Decathlon contest. Now, we’re featuring them on national TV. Watch tonight on PBS’s Nightly Business...
View ArticleSolar Innovations at the Solar Decathlon
At the Department of Energy`s recent Solar Decathlon, lean green design teams from around the world produced some truly winning ideas–from New Zealand’s the innovative drying cupboard that can dry six...
View ArticleCreature Comforts — Hold the Carbon
For all of the articles, feature slideshows and video reports from the 2011 Solar Decathlon, few focused on the most important real-world determinants in buying a home: comfort and home entertainment....
View ArticleAltering Solar Conventions
California schools SCI-Arc and Caltech team up to make CHIP (Compact Hyper-Insulated Prototype). The student-run team uses this prefab, net-zero solar-powered house to rethink what a “home” should look...
View ArticleChanging the Urban Landscape
Our team profiled the City College of New York team for the Solar Decathlon. This team decided to create what they called a Solar Roofpod, which is essentially a building to be placed on top of an...
View ArticleDOE and Solar Decathlon Director: Rebuilding the 20th Century
Richard King, DOE’s Director of the Solar Decathlon, talks to Planet Forward about one smart community in Kansas and how if the housing market has got you down your best bet is to retrofit.
View ArticleTeam New Zealand: Helping the Planet See the Light
Team First Light from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand travelled thousands of miles to present their solar house, based on a traditional Kiwi holiday home. Bede Robertson and Nick...
View ArticleUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Reducing Energy Usage by 19% in...
This video is an entry in a contest we’ve launched with Second Nature’s Climate Leadership Awards. See below for how you can vote for it. See more entries in this contestAs the first Big Ten university...
View ArticleIzaqua
How to solve the world’s water crisis:Imagine there is a pipe from the sea discharging as much fresh water as needed. There is no visible explanation as to its source.My idea requires no new...
View ArticleA Sustainable Home For A Returning Veteran
Students from three DC universities — the George Washington University, Catholic University of America, and American University — are teaming up for this fall’s Solar Decathlon in Irvine, California....
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