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Lighting Panel judge Howard Brandston of the lighting design firm Brandston Partnership Inc., announces the winners of the Lighting Contest. Judges evaluated both daylighting and electric lighting. (Credit: Stefano Paltera, Solar Decathlon) |
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Winners of the Daylighting portion of the Lighting Contest gather for a photo. University of Maryland and University of Texas tied for third place. California Polytechnic State University took second place and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University won the contest. (Credit: Stefano Paltera, Solar Decathlon) |
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University of Massachusetts Dartmouth works with the contest's Instrumentation Team, nicknamed iPod, to gather data for the Comfort Zone Contest. Decathletes closed their houses to the public today in order to simulate temperature and humidity conditions of a typical home containing about four people, rather than hundreds of visitors. (Credit: Stefano Paltera, Solar Decathlon) |
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Decathlon's Instrumentation team takes temperature and humidity readings for the Comfort Zone Contest. (Credit: Stefano Paltera, Solar Decathlon) |
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The DIY Network films the competition daily. (Credit: Stefano Paltera, Solar Decathlon) |
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University of Massachusetts Dartmouth students log some miles on their electric vehicle, which is charged by their house. The team that logs the most miles during the competition wins the Getting Around Contest. (Credit: Stefano Paltera, Solar Decathlon) |
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Rhode Island School of Design serves dinner on their rooftop garden in candle light. To earn points in the Appliances Contest teams cook and serve meals to contest officials for four days. The RISD students provide nice lighting during the day as well, according to the Lighting Panel, which awarded them first place in the Electric Lighting portion of the Lighting Contest. Virginia tied with RISD for first. (Credit: Stefano Paltera, Solar Decathlon) |
