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NAHB Co-Sponsors Collegiate Solar Home Competition
 NAHB is co-sponsoring the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon, in which 19 teams of college students from across the country and Canada and Puerto Rico compete against each other to design, build and operate the most attractive, livable and energy-efficient solar-powered house.
The students are judged on architecture, livability and comfort, and such tasks as heating water and powering appliances. Each team must also provide enough solar electricity through their homes to power an electric vehicle.
The 800-square-foot homes were designed and built at the students' respective colleges and will be transported to arrive at the "Solar Village" on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 29, and then will be open to the public on Building Industry Day on Friday, Oct. 7, and disassembled on Oct. 19.
‘Green’ Educational Opportunities
Building Industry Day will feature special competitions and six educational workshops about emerging power technologies, green design practices and more, including a presentation on "NAHB's Model Green Home Building Guidelines — an Overview" by the NAHB Green Building Subcommittee.
“We are excited to have the opportunity to present information on our green building guidelines for mainstream residential companies to such a wide audience,” said Eric Borsting, a builder member from California and chairman of NAHB’s Energy Subcommittee. “We’re also pleased and honored to be a sponsor of the Solar Decathlon, and assist the Department of Energy and the participating universities in bringing solar technology to the forefront.”
In addition to the workshop, NAHB will co-host a student reception on Oct. 6 and sponsor an energy-efficiency award that will be presented to one of the student teams.
For more information or a full schedule of the Solar Decathlon and Building Industry Day, visit the NAHB Web site.
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