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



Information for Visitors

If you have the opportunity, please visit the National Mall from October 12-20, 2007 to see the incredible Solar Decathlon team houses for yourself. The pages below will help you plan your visit and stay up to date with the latest happenings during the competition.

Please note that it will likely take you two days to visit all of the team houses. Expect to wait in lines to visit each house. During the competition, the team houses are open for public tours 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., weekends, and 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. weekdays, except Wednesday, October 17, when the houses are closed for competition purposes.

Schedule

See the schedule to learn what's happening each day of the competition.

Map

See a map of the solar village and plan out your house visits.

Contests and Scoring

Learn more about the ten contests in the Solar Decathlon and how each one is scored.

Daily Journal

Catch up on the latest from the solar village each day during the competition.

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Photo of people standing in line outside of a house.

Visitors in 05 lined up to see the Cornell house, the second place finisher in the Solar Decathlon.


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