Solar Decathlon 2011 Opens to the Public This Week

Solar Decathlon 2011

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon is an award-winning program that challenges collegiate teams to design, build, and operate solar-powered houses that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and attractive. 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 first Solar [...]

Chronicle of Appalachian State’s Entry in the Solar Decathlon 2011

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The Solar Homestead is Appalachian State University’s entry into the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011.  This international competition challenges twenty collegiate teams to design, build, and operate a solar powered home. This prestigious competition, which takes place in September, 2011, consists of ten contests that will evaluate the home’s performance, design, and marketability.  [...]

G20 Working Group Recommends a Dramatic Increase in Clean Energy Research and Development

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 Ditlev Engel, President and CEO of Vestas Wind Systems A/S and convener of the  working group for creating green jobs, is asking every G20 Head of State for a  date – one hour in their calendar over the coming months. Mr Engel and working  group colleagues offer to personally present tailor-made recommendations specific to each [...]

Is BP planning to Sell Alternative Energy Business to pay for Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup and Economic Fallout?

The bill for the clean up from the explosion of the deepwater horizon and the months of oil gushing onto the gulf is mounting every day. Even with the oil leak capped and the gushing stopped the claims against BP just keep flowing. In order to meet its moral and economic obligations BP will have [...]

U.S. Team Wins Solar Decathlon Europe

The Solar Decathlon Europe (SD Europe) 2010 was created through an agreement signed between the Government of Spain’s Ministry of Housing and the United States Government, who committed to organize a sustainable solar architecture competition in Europe. In October 2007, both governments signed an agreement (a Memorandum of Understanding) as part of the Solar City [...]

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