Solar Decathlon 2009

NAHB is a supporter of this years 2009 Solar Decathlon, sponsoring the Peoples Choice Awards and a luncheon. The Solar Decathlon, taking place October 9-13th and 15-19th and held every two years on the National Mall, is a competition in which 20 teams of college and university students compete to design, build, and operate the most attractive, effective, and energy-efficient solar-powered house. NAHB participated in the 2007 event. For more information about NAHBs involvement, contact Ken Sagan at ksagan@nahb.com. Also visit www.solardecathlon.org. And be sure to learn more about NAHBs National Green Building Program at www. nahbgreen.org.

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• Solar
• energy-efficiency
• green
• home
• building
• architecture
• design
• earth
• college
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[skipperandcap]

The key to passive solar design which works with the Earth a performs well in cloudy weather is high thermal mass and large insulated liquid tanks. See James H. Klippel's video on a small organic solar cottage for a low budget. He incorporates 3000 gallon Haase tanks, (t 425-1150 )

[JUKIO01]

the ony window where u cant see thru but light gets thru, that should be on top of the roof, y would anyone want that on the side, u cant see thru it!

didnt know its every 2 years, i thought it was once a year thing. saw it on the science channel about 2 years ago. i hope they will have another this year.