The winning entry from the 2011 Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon, University of Maryland’s project titled “Watershed,” has been purchased by Pepco for $200,000. Pepco plans to use the project home as an educational site. The solar-powered home’s design was inspired...

No surprise to anyone who followed the Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 this week, the University of Maryland has won the overall competition. The news was announced before a delighted crowd this afternoon in the Solar Village, located in the West Potomac Park on Washington, DC’s National...

Middlebury College has won the Communications Contest, the last of the individual Solar Decathlon competitions before the overall winner of the 10-day event is announced on Saturday, Oct. 1st. The New England team was lauded for effectively communicating renewable energy technologies to the public...

The team from New Zealand (Victoria University of Wellington) won first prize yesterday in the Engineering contest at the 2011 Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. New Zealand’s project home, titled “First Light,” was praised by jurors for its “attention to detail, craftsmanship, and unusual...

The winners of the Affordability Contest were announced on Tuesday at the Solar Decathlon, held on the National Mall in Washington, DC through October 2nd. In fact, two teams achieved a perfect score of 100 points in the Affordability category. And that’s good news for consumers looking to capitalize...