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Popular Mechanics
October 2009 |
Students Build the Solar Homes of the Future The Solar Decathlon, in Washington, D.C. sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy this fall, will pit 20 teams of college students against each other in an international showdown of innovative engineering.   |
Popular Mechanics
October 9, 2009 |
Virginia Tech's Lumenhaus Sports Sliding Solar Panels: Solar Decathlon Hard-hatted Department of Energy inspectors roamed the Solar Decathalon job sites with check lists |
Popular Mechanics
January 2006
Jennifer Weeks |
Sun City When 18 teams of students built a solar neighborhood in the nation's capital, they created a showcase of the best new technology for conserving energy and harnessing the power of the sun. |
Popular Mechanics
October 14, 2009
Jennifer Bogo |
Ohio State's Solar Decathlon Entry Is Entirely Home-Grown The house, which can produce 5.84 kilowatts with its 28 Sanyo solar panels, is net-zero in terms of energy -- it produces as much power as it consumes. |
Popular Mechanics
October 14, 2009 |
Cornell University Silo House at Solar Decathlon 2009 Cornell's Solar Decathlon entry looks less like a cutting-edge, high-tech home than like a cluster of rusted grain silos. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2010
Harry Sawyers |
14 Best New Technologies For Greener Homes The keys to lowering consumption lie in a house's systems. These 14 new technologies create more efficient buildings, and more educated inhabitants. |
Popular Mechanics
October 16, 2009 |
Winners Announced in Solar Decathlon Competition Twenty teams, were pitted against one another in a showdown of architecture and engineering. |
Popular Mechanics
October 12, 2009
Matt Molnar |
UW's Meltwater House is Inspired by Glaciers: Solar Decathlon Like most project managers rushing to complete their homes at the inception of Solar Decathlon 2009, Eric Harmann hasn't had much sleep. |
PC Magazine
April 4, 2008
Jim Louderback |
Next-Gen Solar Heats Up Thin-film solar panels are a real breakthrough, built via a futuristic mashup of ink jet printing technology, aluminum foil, and space-age chemical compounds. |
The Motley Fool
March 3, 2009
Toby Shute |
First Solar Scores a Sweet Deal This acquisition is simply awesome. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2010
Ellen Kathrine Hansen |
Denmark's Net-Zero-Energy Home With Home for Life, VKR Holding aims to bring carbon-neutral houses to the masses |
The Motley Fool
May 31, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Solar Power Has One Big Believer GE is predicting that solar power will compete head to head with fossil fuels within five years. |
Outside
October 2005
Jason Stevenson |
Pack Light Clear Blue Hawaii Blue Sun... Reware Juice Bag... Voltaic System's solar daypacks... Eclipse Solar Gear's Solar Flare... |
This Old House
May 2007
Max Alexander |
Solar Hot Water A brilliant way to cut as much as 80 percent off your water-heating bills is to use a solar hot-water system. It doesn't use any fossil fuels and it doesn't cause any pollution. You don't even need to live in a sunny climate. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2005
Prachi Patel-Predd |
Juice From Solar Concentrate Taking a new approach to solar conversion, using advanced materials and solar-concentrator technology, researchers are developing a system that promises to be cheaper and smarter. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2009
Amber Fields |
The Window to Energy Saving These color-coated glass or plastic plates with solar cells around the edges could increase the efficiency of existing solar panels by as much as 50 percent. |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2011
Travis Hoium |
A Little Fun With Solar Power Amid a tough earnings season, there's still cool technology being developed in solar. |
