The U.S Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is the primary sponsor of the Solar Decathlon.

Teams

In the fall of 2002, the Solar Decathlon teams packed up the homes they designed and built and moved them to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., where they assembled a Solar Village and competed in 10 contests.

Here you can see the homes and read about the teams that created them. Fourteen teams competed in the inaugural Solar Decathlon competition:

Teams

Auburn

Carnegie Mellon

Colorado

Crowder

Delaware

Maryland

Puerto Rico

Rolla

Texas

Texas A&M

Tuskegee

UNC Charlotte

Virginia

Virginia Tech

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Photo of the Solar Decathlon Solar Village on the National Mall, with the crowds of people and the U.S. Capitol Building in the background.

Throngs of visitors descended on the Solar Village, eager to take a peek in the homes and learn from the students.