The house was one of 19 in the fourth Solar Decathlon in Washington, put on by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Although the U's house didn't nab top overall honors, it placed first in contests for best lighting design and best engineering.
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]]> A solar house built by students at the University of Minnesota took fifth place in a national competition Friday.The house was one of 19 in the fourth Solar Decathlon in Washington, put on by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Although the U's house didn't nab top overall honors, it placed first in contests for best lighting design and best engineering.
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]]>Team Germany took first place in the overall competition, the U.S. Department of Energy announced Friday. The team, from Technische Universitat Darmstadt, created a house that essentially is a two-story cube with the surface sheathed by solar cells.
Read more at MinnPost.com
]]> The University of Minnesota's sun-powered house did not win the Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C., but it did outshine the competition in lighting design.Team Germany took first place in the overall competition, the U.S. Department of Energy announced Friday. The team, from Technische Universitat Darmstadt, created a house that essentially is a two-story cube with the surface sheathed by solar cells.
Read more at MinnPost.com
]]>The team competed against 19 other teams, which included entries from the United States, Canada, Germany and Spain.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman announced the winners of the fourth biennial competition on Friday.
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]]> MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - University of Minnesota students have taken fifth place in the international Solar Decathlon for their ICON solar house.The team competed against 19 other teams, which included entries from the United States, Canada, Germany and Spain.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman announced the winners of the fourth biennial competition on Friday.
Read the full AP story at the Rochester Post-Bulletin Web site, the Winona Independent Web site, the Marshall Independent Web site, or at WKBT.com, KXNet.com, or WQOW.com.
]]>The University of Minnesota's team competed against 19 other colleges and universities from the U.S., Germany, Canada and Spain, with each team building a house on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Read more at the Minnesota Public Radio Web site.
]]> St. Paul, Minn. -- The University of Minnesota has finished fifth in a national competition between teams trying to build the most attractive and energy-efficient solar-powered house.The University of Minnesota's team competed against 19 other colleges and universities from the U.S., Germany, Canada and Spain, with each team building a house on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Read more at the Minnesota Public Radio Web site.
]]>"It's a culmination of a lot of work, everyone has done a lot of work," said Minnesota student Peter Leeman.
Students had to create a modern, livable home fully powered by the sun.
The houses are on the Capitol Mall in Washington, D.C.
This is the first year the 'U' sent a team to the competition. They competed against 20 other teams from around the country.
Read more or see the video at the WCCO-TV Web site.
]]> The University of Minnesota is celebrating a fifth place finish at the Solar Decathlon."It's a culmination of a lot of work, everyone has done a lot of work," said Minnesota student Peter Leeman.
Students had to create a modern, livable home fully powered by the sun.
The houses are on the Capitol Mall in Washington, D.C.
This is the first year the 'U' sent a team to the competition. They competed against 20 other teams from around the country.
Read more or see the video at the WCCO-TV Web site.
]]>Read more at the New York Times Web site.
See the accompanying graphic to the story, which highlighted the ICON house.
]]> John Hamilton paused from tinkering with the heat pumps, pipes and tanks arrayed before him, the mechanical heart of a small house assembled on the National Mall, to read the electric meter mounted off to the side.Read more at the New York Times Web site.
See the accompanying graphic to the story, which highlighted the ICON house.
]]>Read more at Popular Mechanics
]]> "Our team really wanted to think about solar houses in a way that's very familiar to people," says Shengyin Xu, the student project manager for the University of Minnesota and a graduate student in architecture. "So we started with a gable but began to play with the shape."Read more at Popular Mechanics
]]>Read the full article on hirshfields.wordpress.com.
]]> The Solar Decathlon joins 20 college and university teams in a competition to design, build, and operate the most attractive and energy-efficient solar-powered house.Any wagers on where Minnesota will place in the competition? Go Minnesota!
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The University of Minnesota has designed its house to handle the rigors of the frigid, snowy north. Solar panels are only on the southern side of the steeply pitched roof, while there's a skylight over part of the northern expanse, allowing sunlight to illuminate the area below. Lighting in the house will use only 500 watts, total.
Read full article on The Washington Post Web site.
]]> Twenty prototype solar houses are taking shape on the National Mall, racing to be ready for the contest's opening on Thursday and public viewing starting Friday. I haven't been inside any yet, but I picked up a few interesting tidbits.The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is building a house that reflects Cajun culture--and can withstand 140 mph sustained winds.
The University of Minnesota has designed its house to handle the rigors of the frigid, snowy north. Solar panels are only on the southern side of the steeply pitched roof, while there's a skylight over part of the northern expanse, allowing sunlight to illuminate the area below. Their brochure says lighting in the house will use only 500 watts, total.
Read full article on The Washington Post Web site.
]]>Watch the interview on WCCO.com.
]]> WCCO TV's Angela Davis talks live with Shengyin Xu, the student project manager for the University of Minnesota's ICON Solar House competing in the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C.Watch the interview on WCCO.com.
]]>Read the full commentary at getenergysmartnow.com.
]]> The Minnesota team, with the ICON House, faced the challenge of being so far north, requiring a different angle for the solar pv plus the challenges of hot summers. Thus, the design to enable effective pv placement and overhangs to cut summer heat gain. However, designing for Minnesota created new challenges for designing for the competition in Washington, D.C.Brutally cold Minnesota winters lead to very high heating needs. However, potentially hot, humid weather during the Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C. creates a very different set of needs. The ICON Solar House must perform under both conditions, so to meet this challenge we need a thermal system that is optimally sized for both the Solar Decathlon competition in D.C., and for the Minnesota climate
Writ large, by the way, I found Minnesota's to be one of the easiest of the team sites to navigate, with clear (and interesting) explanations of a wide-range of issues.
Read the full commentary at getenergysmartnow.com.
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]]> A team of University of Minnesota engineering and architecture students bolt to the nation's capital this week to build their version of the perfect solar home as part of the U.S. Department of Energy's 2009 Solar Decathlon.The U team will present its ICON Solar House on Oct. 8 on the national mall as part of the contest that strives to highlight sustainable design principles. The ICON house, which will compete against 19 teams from around the country, features an energy-efficient but traditional design for eco-conscious consumers who might not want to live in a "futuristic" house.
The contest, which takes place every other year, was started in 2002 as a way to push solar energy technologies into the marketplace faster.
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]]> A group of students from the University of Minnesota are in Washington, D.C., this week to compete in the Department of Energy's 2009 Solar Decathlon. The team of budding engineers, architects and designers is assembling their ICON Solar House on the National Mall.A similar story also appeared on WCCO TV; KMSP-TV; Winona Daily News; La Crosse Tribune; Grand Forks Herald; WKBT-TV La Crosse;KSAX-TV St. Cloud; KAAL-TV Austin; KTTC-TV Rochester; WQOW-TV Eau Claire; and WXOW-TV La Crosse.
]]>More than 800 student competitors from the United States, Canada, Spain and Germany are participating in the 2009 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.
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More than 800 student competitors from the United States, Canada, Spain and Germany are participating in the 2009 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.
The competition will take place Oct. 8-16 on the National Mall.
The houses will be open to the public for viewing Oct. 9-13 and Oct. 15-18.
The Solar Decathlon includes 10 contests that evaluate the architecture, engineering, comfort, marketability, appliances, lighting and other aspects of the teams' houses.
The teams will have to perform everyday tasks -- including cooking, laundry and washing dishes -- to test the energy efficiency of their houses.
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Students from disciplines ranging from business to design to engineering took up the challenge of designing, building, and operating the most attractive and energy-efficient solar-powered house. Next month, the team and the house will travel to Washington, D.C. for the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon contest, in which the house will be displayed on the National Mall for three weeks along with 19 other houses from competing colleges.
Read more at Warner Stellian's Kitchen and Home Appliance blog.
]]> Can modern, solar-powered design be livable? That was the concept behind the University of Minnesota's ICON Solar House team.Students from disciplines ranging from business to design to engineering took up the challenge of designing, building, and operating the most attractive and energy-efficient solar-powered house. Next month, the team and the house will travel to Washington, D.C. for the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon contest, in which the house will be displayed on the National Mall for three weeks along with 19 other houses from competing colleges.
Read more at Warner Stellian's Kitchen and Home Appliance blog.
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