Links Roundup of the Week: Solar Decathlon
Posted By Olivia Chen On October 9, 2009 @ 3:00 pm In Blog links,Solar Decathlon | 1 Comment
It’s finally the week of the Solar Decathlon [4] competition! From Thursday, October 8 to Friday, October 16, 20 multi-disciplinary students teams made up of architects, engineers, and designers will participate in 10 contests to determine the winner. You can take a peek at each team’s standing here [5]. Taking place at the National Mall, all the homes will be open for public viewing from October 9 to October 13 and October 15 to October 18. Inhabitat has been on the scene [6] of the competition, so take a look at our up-to-date reporting today — and check back next week for more coverage.
We’ve also been scouting to see what the interwebs have been buzzing about the Decathlon:
Treehugger [7] snaps some photos of the students re-building their homes [8] on the National Mall.
CNET News [9] takes us on a tour of the houses [10] that feels like a tour around the country.
CNET News [11] also reports that Energy Secretary Steven Chu plugged solar and building efficiency [12], announcing $87 million of funding for DOE for solar energy.
We also stumbled upon US Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon flickr feed [13].
And to get some in-depth perspective on the event check out our coverage of competitions past [14], take a peek at our photos of the Solar Decathlon this year [15] taken by Jill [16] and Rebecca [17] who visited the National Mall this week and read our on-the-scene coverage of Rice University’s ZEROW House [6].
And remember — Check back for more next week!
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[4] Solar Decathlon: http://www.solardecathlon.org
[5] You can take a peek at each team’s standing here: http://www.solardecathlon.org/scoring/
[6] on the scene: http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/10/09/rice-universitys-low-budget-zerow-house-keeps-up-with-the-high-rollers/
[7] Treehugger: http://www.treehugger.com
[8] students re-building their homes: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/10/a-solar-village-pops-up-on-the-national-mall.php
[9] CNET News: http://news.cnet.com/
[10] tour of the houses: http://news.cnet.com/2300-11128_3-10001671.html
[11] CNET News: http://news.cnet.com
[12] Steven Chu plugged solar and building efficiency: http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10371478-54.html
[13] US Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon flickr feed: http://www.flickr.com/photos/38890715@N08/
[14] check out our coverage of competitions past: http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/10/19/inhabitat-reports-from-solar-decathlon-photos/
[15] photos of the Solar Decathlon this year: http://www.inhabitat.com/wp-content/plugins/falbum/wp/album.php?album=72157622117669557
[16] Jill: http://www.inhabitat.com/author/jill
[17] Rebecca: http://www.inhabitat.com/author/rebecca
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