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Solar Decathlon 2002: The Event in Review.

DE200415008093

Publication Date	2002
Personal Author	Eastment, M.; Hayter, S.; Nahan, R.; Stafford, B.; Warner, C.
Page Count	146
Abstract	This book describes the first Solar Decathlon, a competition for college and university students, which took place on the National Mall in fall 2002. Student teams competed to design, build, and operate the most attractive, energy-efficient house that used only solar energy. In addition to the competition, the Solar Decathlon was also a public event. The book describes the events on the Mall, including technical details about the ten contests that comprised the competition and descriptions of the public's and the media's responses to the event. The book also provides information about the student teams' activities in the year and a half before they arrived to compete on the Mall.
Keywords	Solar energy Residential buildings Energy efficiency Competition Housing Design Energy use Solar Decathlon
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Mountain States Energy, Inc., Butte, MT.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Office of Energy Efficiency and
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200510

Solar Decathlon 2002: The Event in Review.

Solar Decathlon 2002: The Event in Review.
DE200415008093

Publication Date	2002
Personal Author	Eastment, M.; Hayter, S.; Nahan, R.; Stafford, B.; Warner, C.
Page Count	146
Abstract	This book describes the first Solar Decathlon, a competition for college and university students, which took place on the National Mall in fall 2002. Student teams competed to design, build, and operate the most attractive, energy-efficient house that used only solar energy. In addition to the competition, the Solar Decathlon was also a public event. The book describes the events on the Mall, including technical details about the ten contests that comprised the competition and descriptions of the public's and the media's responses to the event. The book also provides information about the student teams' activities in the year and a half before they arrived to compete on the Mall.
Keywords	Solar energy Residential buildings Energy efficiency Competition Housing Design Energy use Solar Decathlon
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Mountain States Energy, Inc., Butte, MT.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Office of Energy Efficiency and
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200510