The ever-increasing rate of extreme weather has inspired students from the University of Alabama to create the SURVIV(AL) House, a solar-powered home is an ultra-resilient structure built to withstand the effects of extreme weather.
For the last two years, dedicated student teams from across the U.S. and abroad worked ceaselessly to build a full-scale, sustainably designed house in the 2017 Solar Decathlon, which concluded yesterday in Denver. After winning first place in the Architecture...
We’ve rounded up the 11 sustainable dwellings of this year's Solar Decathlon.
We’ve rounded up the 11 sustainable dwellings of this year's Solar Decathlon.
We’ve rounded up the 11 sustainable dwellings of this year's Solar Decathlon.
University of California, Berkeley and University of Denver created RISE, an affordable and sustainable home that scales and stacks together like blocks.
Learn more about this team at www.solardecathlon.gov/2017/competition-team-alabama.html.
Students from the Missouri University of Science and Technology designed SILO, a net-zero home for the Solar Decathlon 2017.
The ever-increasing rate of extreme weather has inspired students from the University of Alabama to create the SURVIV(AL) House, a solar-powered home is an ultra-resilient structure built to withstand the effects of extreme weather.
Learn more about this team at www.solardecathlon.gov/2017/competition-team-missouri-st.....
We’ve rounded up the 11 sustainable dwellings of this year's Solar Decathlon.
University of Maryland students designed and built reACT, a solar-powered home that can learn and adapt to different user needs.
Students from the Missouri University of Science and Technology designed SILO, a net-zero home for the Solar Decathlon 2017.
The Solar Decathlon 2017 Swiss Team designed and built NeighborHub, a solar-powered community center that teaches people how to live more sustainably.
RISE significa "Residential, Inviting, Stackable, Efficient", los conceptos clave que han dado lugar a este proyecto que pretende proporcionar una vivienda asequible a la vez que confortable en ciudades superpobladas, como es el caso de Richmond, California, zona para la cual fue ideada, aunque la propuesta es extensible a otras ciudades de similares características.
Lors du Solar Decathlon 2017 aux Etats-Unis, l'équipe suisse a pris la 1ère place. L'équipe néerlandaise, 2e et l'Université de Daytona Beach, 3e.
The Solar Decathlon 2017 Swiss Team designed and built NeighborHub, a solar-powered community center that teaches people how to live more sustainably.
Photo by Mike Chino for Inhabitat
Energy-efficient home features composting toilet and greenhouse to harvest heat energy.
PV arrays for University of California, Davis, at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2015 at the Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California (Credit: Thomas Kelsey/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)
Students at UC Davis have designed and built an impressive solar-powered home, Our H2Ouse, which is focused on water conservation.
Having long wanted to attend the Solar Decathlon, the U.S. Department of Energy’s collegiate competition that challenges student teams to design and build full-size, solar-powered houses, I was excited to learn last year that it was going to be held in Denver, where I reside. As the event drew...
Today we begin a new series on the Solar Decathlon blog, #SDLivingTheDream, highlighting alumni of both the Build Challenge and Design Challenge and how their time in the competition has shaped their careers and their lives. First up, we talk to Dylan Weber Callahan, who competed in the most recent Build Challenge and has already […]
Interior of the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2015 at the Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California (Credit: Thomas Kelsey/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)
Zero-emission electric vehicles charge along the street. People walk along LED-lighted sidewalks. A commuter train drops travelers off from the airport to enjoy dinner at a corner café. And the houses? They’re entirely powered by sunshine. This might sound like a scene from the distant future, but it’s not as far away as you think. Exactly […]
University of California, Berkeley and University of Denver created RISE, an affordable and sustainable home that scales and stacks together like blocks.
Students from the Missouri University of Science and Technology designed SILO, a net-zero home for the Solar Decathlon 2017.
Lors du Solar Decathlon 2017 aux Etats-Unis, l'équipe suisse a pris la 1ère place. L'équipe néerlandaise, 2e et l'Université de Daytona Beach, 3e.
Exterior of the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, house at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2015 at the Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California (Credit: Thomas Kelsey/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)
Students from Washington University have built a beautiful solar-powered home completely out of prefabricated concrete that implements a large-scale hydroponic growing system in the design.
University of Maryland students designed and built reACT, a solar-powered home that can learn and adapt to different user needs.
The winners of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathalon 2017 were just announced, and NeighborHub by the Swiss Team took home first place.
