Technical Report
A full report of the 2005 event, Solar Decathlon 2005: The Event in Review is available electronically (PDF 3.5 MB). Download Adobe Reader.
Technical Report Web Site Resources
The following files are provided as additional resources to the technical report.
2005 Solar Decathlon Rules and Regulations
The official rules and regulations for the 2005 Solar Decathlon.
Daily Journals
During the competition, daily updates written by Competition Director, Richard King were posted on the Web site. These journals give a sense of day-to-day life during the competition.
Daily Event Schedule
This schedule contains all activities the teams needed to know about, 24 hours a day, from the time of their arrival in Washington, D.C., through assembly, the competition, disassembly, and departure. (PDF 2.2 MB)
Juror and Judge Information
Brief biographical information about each juror and judge.
Solar Decathlon 2002: The Event in Review
Technical report of the 2002 event. (PDF 2.0 MB)
Final Detailed Scores and Standings
The complete scoring spreadsheet, including very detailed information for each team and contest. (Zip 13.5 MB)
Brief Contest Reports
Teams had the option of submitting a brief report for the subjectively judged contest activities listed below. Before the event began, these reports were given to members of the jury or panel of judges associated with each of the contest activities. The jurors and judges used the reports to preview what they would be evaluating at the event. The contest reports provided by the teams ranked in the top three for each contest and individual contest activities are included, as available. And all contest reports from the Colorado team are also included, as available.
Architecture Jury Evaluations
Virginia Tech (PDF 36 KB)
Cal Poly (PDF 1.7 KB)
Cornell (PDF 77 KB)
NYIT (PDF 46 KB)
Colorado (PDF 110 KB)
Dwelling Panel Evaluations
Virginia Tech (PDF 38 KB)
Cal Poly (PDF 2.9 KB)
NYIT (PDF 50 KB)
Texas (PDF 2.1 MB)
Colorado (PDF 105 KB)
Communications
Web Site Panel Evaluations
Colorado (PDF 85 KB)
Washington State (PDF 882 KB)
Puerto Rico (PDF 294 KB)
Maryland (PDF 167 KB)
House Tours Panel Evaluations
Colorado (PDF 172 KB)
Texas (PDF 354 KB)
Puerto Rico (PDF 206 KB)
Lighting
Electric Lighting Quality
Virginia Tech (PDF 35 KB)
Texas (PDF 1.3 MB)
Cornell (PDF 43 KB)
Madrid (PDF 115 KB)
Daylighting Quality
Virginia Tech (PDF 35 KB)
Maryland (PDF 62 KB)
Texas (PDF 2.5 MB)
Cornell (PDF 43 KB)
Madrid (PDF 207 KB)
Engineering (Comfort Zone and Hot Water)
Comprehensive Assessment of Thermal Comfort
Washington State (PDF 785 KB)
Cornell (PDF 223 KB)
Cal Poly (PDF 2.5 MB)
Texas (PDF 1.7 MB)
Colorado (PDF 335 KB)
Comprehensive Assessment of Indoor Air Quality
Cal Poly (PDF 1.5 MB)
Cornell (PDF 74 KB)
Texas (PDF 837 KB)
Colorado (PDF 265 KB)
Comprehensive Assessment of Hot Water
Texas (PDF 1.1 KB)
Madrid (PDF 258 KB)
Virginia Tech (PDF 75 KB)
Cornell (PDF 42 KB)
Colorado (PDF 140 KB)
Cal Poly (PDF 2.5 MB)
Instrumentation and Monitoring for Solar Decathlon 2005
Description of the monitoring equipment used in the competition. (PDF 102 KB)
Equipment Summaries
Information about the following equipment used in each 2005 and 2002 competition house (PDF 84 KB):
- Space heating, cooling, and ventilation
- PV systems
- Electrical storage and conversion
- Water heating systems
- Building envelope materials.
Complete "As-Built" Drawings and Submittals from the 2005 Teams
Drawings and other required information, such as equipment and specifications, as submitted by the 2005 teams for the competition. Not all teams submitted required files; only those files made available by the teams are available here. The files contained within the zip files may be in a variety of file formats, which may or may not be readable by any given user.
Cal Poly
Canada
Cornell
Florida Intl
NYIT
Pittsburgh
RISD
Madrid
Puerto Rico
Colorado
Michigan
Missouri Rolla
Texas
Virginia Tech
WSU
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