{"id":723240,"date":"2010-04-24T23:10:32","date_gmt":"2010-04-25T03:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/?p=8741"},"modified":"2010-04-24T23:10:32","modified_gmt":"2010-04-25T03:10:32","slug":"20-universities-to-compete-in-doe-sponsored-solar-decathlon-to-build-most-efficient-solar-powered-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/723240","title":{"rendered":"20 Universities to Compete in DoE-sponsored Solar Decathlon to Build Most Efficient Solar-Powered Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cleantechnica.com\/files\/2010\/04\/Decathlon-2009.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8802\" title=\"Decathlon 2009\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/go635254.s3.amazonaws.com\/cleantechnica\/files\/2010\/04\/Decathlon-2009.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Department of Energy has announced the 20 teams from as many universities which will compete in the Solar\u00a0Decathlon\u00a0to design, build and operate the most affordable and energy-efficient solar-powered home. The event will be held at the National Mall in Washington D.C. in the Fall 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The DoE <a href=\"http:\/\/www.solardecathlon.gov\/about.cfm\" >intends<\/a> to a) educate students and public about the various energy-efficient technologies having application in home designing, b) introduce to the public the advantages of energy-efficient homes and use of renewable energy and c) train the students in energy efficiency technologies. The teams will be evaluated on their\u00a0performance\u00a0through a series of contests involving various aspects of designing, building and operating a solar-powered home. The students will be evaluated on parameters such as architectural, economical and engineering aspects.<\/p>\n<p>Universities selected for the 2011 Decathlon include Ghent University (Belgium), Purdue University (Indiana), Tonji University (Shanghai), University of Calgary (Canada) and Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand). <a href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2010\/04\/24\/20-universities-to-compete-in-doe-sponsored-solar-decathlon-to-build-most-efficient-solar-powered-home\/#more-8741\" class=\"more-link\">(more&#8230;)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department of Energy has announced the 20 teams from as many universities which will compete in the Solar\u00a0Decathlon\u00a0to design, build and operate the most affordable and energy-efficient solar-powered home. The event will be held at the National Mall in Washington D.C. in the Fall 2011. The DoE intends to a) educate students and public about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-723240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-329a","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}