solar home

Today: Exhibit opens of U.S. solar decathlon entry

PULLMAN, Wash. – An exhibit of Washington State University’s entry in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2017 will open to the public at 4:30 p.m. today, Jan. 30, on the ground floor of Carpenter Hall. Team members will answer questions and refreshments will be served.

Aiming for the sun: WSU chosen to vie for solar home prize

By Tina Hilding, Voiland College of Engineering & Architecture PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University students will design and build a solar home during the next two years as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon competition. For the first time, the contest will include $2 million in prize money.

WSU students to show off solar home in national competition

After three years of hard work, students who designed a homemade solar home will watch it drive away.The home was disassembled last week and loaded onto flatbed trucks to travel to Washington D.C., where it will be one of 18 solar homes in the national Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon competition.On Friday, the container of […]