The Solar Decathlon winners were announced today and among 20 deserving universities chosen world wide to compete by the US Department of Energy, University of Maryland won 2nd place beating Cornell, MIT, Duke and other universities! I should have known about this earlier this week so that I could have at least made my way to Washington DC to cheer for MD! Congratulations to the First Prize winners from Germany: Technische Universität Darmstadt. I like made in Germany stuff too!
The objective of the International competition is to design and build an attractive solar power and energy efficient house.
“Why does the Solar Decathlon exist? To challenge the student competitors — the “Solar Decathletes” — to think in new ways about energy and how it impacts our everyday lives. To provide those students with a way to show and tell the world what they have learned. To push research and development of energy efficiency and energy production technologies. And to encourage all of us to act responsibly when making energy choices.” US Department of Energy
The List of Teams and Final scores:
1. Darmstadt 1024.85
2. Maryland 999.807
3. Santa Clara 979.959
4. Penn State 975.432
5. Madrid 946.298
6. Georgia Tech 945.183
7. Colorado 943.369
8. Montreal 906.835
9. Illinois 886.956
10. Texas 877.503
11. Missouri-Rolla 869.179
12. NYIT 852.775
13. MIT 833.302
14. Carnegie Mellon 832.506
15. Cincinnati 830.865
16. Puerto Rico 819.502
17. Texas A&M 808.765
18. Kansas 807.049
19. Cornell 780.440
20. Lawrence Tech 691.350
Kudos to all the teams who made it to the list of contestants for they have come together in the name of the research for alternative energy.
Guess who supplied the Maryland team with the construction materials for that house? YES, Turner Construction Company, my husband’s company!
Wow! That’s awesome Darlene!