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- Photos: MIT's solar house under construction
- MIT works on its entry in a competition searching for a realistic, marketable house powered entirely by the sun.On the fringe of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Mass., volunteer students and advisers are building a home powered entirely by the sun. This 800-square-foot building, which started to...
- Tags: Team management, photograph, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Solar Decathlon, MIT Solar 7, team, University of Colorado, Boulder, tube, nod, ceremony, daylight, solar energy, fluctuation, tile, deck, Washington D.C., advisor, Paris, Washington
- Image galleries 2007-08-10
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- Solar Decathlon: Start your houses
- The Solar Decathlon competition pits 20 teams against each to design and build the best solar-powered home on the National Mall in Washington D.C. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Washington D.C., Team Management, Management, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-10-10
- Solar homes take root at Solar Decathlon
- Student competitors frantically try to finish building powered only by solar energy for the Solar Decathlon this week in Washington. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Solar Energy, Telecom & Utilities, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-10-07
- A no-fuss solar-powered building
- The Boston team in the Solar Decathlon competition is shooting for affordability. Apart from the solar panels, they are using almost entirely building materials that can be found at local hardware stores. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Hardware, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-09-21
- Thinner, better, already sold out—the new new thing in solar?
- Solar energy can seem like a green tech fantasy. Energy free for the collection. Found in some of the emptiest spots on earth: deserts, parking lots, urban rooftops, open ocean, airplace wings, at 50,000 feet above the earth. Think about all that sunshine. And a company down...
- Tags: Dr., Polymer, Global Solar Energy, CIGS, BUSINESS Global Solar, I-sol, Indium, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- German engineering triumphs in American solar decathlon
- German engineering triumphs in American solar decathlonAnd this is a surprise why?]:)
- Tags: German Engineering
- Discussion threads 2007-10-22
- German engineering triumphs in American solar decathlon
- Darmstadt took first prize today in the Solar Decathlon for universities. It was the only entry from Germany among the 20 competing schools. We showed their entry in a blog earlier this week. Here's what the official Decathlon site said about the winning...
- Tags: Team, Entry, Team Management, Management, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-10-19
- Forget the crabs, Maryland gets solar
- For the second straight day the University of Maryland leads in the Solar Decathlon competition in Washington D.C. But several teams are withing striking distance. The winner will be announced Friday. The U.S. Department of Energy is one of the sponsors, along with BP, Sprint...
- Tags: Maryland, Team, U.S. Department Of Energy, Team Management, Management, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-10-17
- A 'plug and play' green home
- At the Solar Decathlon competition in Washington, D.C., Carnegie Mellon University student Emma Davison describes her school's modular home, its creative use of lighting, and the nature-inspired art installation in its garden.
- Tags: Home, Emerging Technologies
- Videos 2007-10-17
- Tiger Woods losing big tourney? No, but Colorado trails in solar decathlon
- It's the end of Tuesday and the lead has shifted in the third Solar Decathlon in Washington D.C. The champ in the first two decathlons in 2002 and 2005 was the University of Colorado. To keep their title, they have a long, hard climb from eighth...
- Tags: University Of Maryland, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Marketing, Internet, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-10-16
- In the nation's capital, a village powered by the sun
- The Solar Decathlon, a competition among 20 universities to build the best solar-powered house, opened last week at the National Mall in Washington. CNET News.com's Martin LaMonica talks with students, government officials and advisers about the market viability of solar energy, as well as the secrets to winning.
- Tags: News.com, Telecom & Utilities, Investment, Finance, Emerging Technologies
- Videos 2007-10-16
- Solar decathlon: Germany in the lead, could Colorado lose its title?
- It's Monday and here are the standings in the current Solar Decathlon. Darmstadt 238.472 Georgia Tech 236.814 Maryland 235.922 NYIT ...
- Tags: Penn State, Blogging, Internet, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-10-15
- Solar power as cheap as fossil fuels?
- Charlie Gay, general manager of Applied Materials' solar business, speaks to CNET News.com's Martin LaMonica about solar industry dynamics at the Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C. Gay, who has worked in the business for over 30 years, says large-scale manufacturing will bring down the price of...
- Tags: Emerging Technologies, Fossil Fuel, Management, Solar Energy, Strategy, Telecom & Utilities
- Videos 2007-10-15
- Inspiring students at Solar Decathlon
- Students spend months working on houses powered entirely by the sun for the Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C., which opened to the public last week. Speaking with CNET News.com's Martin LaMonica, architecture student Matt Weaver shows off the home entered by a team from the University...
- Tags: Student, Team Management, Management, Emerging Technologies
- Videos 2007-10-15
- 'Underdog' Santa Clara University competes in Solar Decathlon
- Santa Clara University student Yasemin Kimyacioglu talks to Martin LaMonica from CNET News.com about the green features of the Mission style home her university entered into the Solar Decathlon in Washington D.C., a competition to build the best solar-powered house. It's the university's first entrance into...
- Tags: Santa Clara University
- Videos 2007-10-15
- Sunday is sun day for young engineers and designers
- Today judges begin their work in the third Solar Decathlon. There are twenty college and unversity teams entered including competitors from Germany, Spain, Canada and Puerto Rico. Judges will get their initial tour of each entry. The picture shows one of the entries, this from University...
- Tags: Point, Team Management, Professional Development, Telecom & Utilities, Management, Career, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-10-14
- Photos: Solar Decathlon heats up in D.C.
- Competition to build best solar house, is a showcase for cutting-edge solar-energy technology and creative design. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Showcase, Photograph, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2007-10-12
- Seeding solar homes of the future
- The Solar Decathlon, in which 20 universities build a solar-powered home, is a showcase for energy-efficient and solar technologies--some of which are available now, while others are invented for the event. Andy Karsner, the U.S. assistant secretary for energy efficiency and renewable energy, says the competition is a way to...
- Tags: Emerging Technologies, Event, Telecom & Utilities
- Videos 2007-10-11
- Solar Decathlon reigning champs look for repeat
- The University of Colorado at Boulder has won the last two Solar Decathlon competitions, in which 20 universities build solar-powered homes and assemble them on the National Mall in Washington. This year, the University of Colorado team chose to focus on a highly modular and flexible design that could work...
- Tags: University Of Colorado, Team Management, Management, Team
- Videos 2007-10-11
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