Team Kentuckiana Solar Decathlon 2013

03/14/2014

The City of Irvine "ICTV" has produced two documentary-style videos about the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ3HyVTIto4 and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmMkBIGhn3k

02/13/2014

Today, the Energy Department announced the 20 collegiate teams selected to compete in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2015. It also announced that the competition will take place at the Orange County Great Park in Irvine, California.

01/30/2014

Autodesk software and services were used to design the amazing houses created by students at the US and China Solar Decathlon events in 2013. Hear from parti...

10/22/2013

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013 wrapped up, but even though the sun has set at the Solar Decathlon village and students have gone home, their hard work is having a lasting effect on sustainable design and our nation’s clean energy leaders.

10/12/2013

Congrats to the Winners of Solar Decathlon.
Each team did their best, and the competition was fierce...

Congrats to Team Austria, Team Las Vegas, and Team Czech Rebuplic.

Congratulations to the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013 winners – LISI | Solar Decathlon Team Austria in first place, Team Las Vegas Solar Decathlon 2013 in second place and Solar Decathlon 2013 | Team Prague in third!

Congratulations to all teams – the past two years of hard work has paid off and you are all winners! Visit SolarDecathlon.gov to explore a breakdown of the closest scores in Solar Decathlon history --> http://go.usa.gov/DMVY

10/11/2013

For everyone at home, you can take a look inside each of the houses on Decathlete Way at Solar Decathlon in Irvine, California.

Don't forget to vote for your favorite house, which must be The Phoenix House, yes?!

The gallery of houses is a collection of high-resolution images of each of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013 houses. To see images of each team house, choose from the links below.

10/10/2013

Updated blog posts! Exciting things are happening for Team Kentuckiana!

October 10, 2013By CaitlynFrom the Solar Decathlon page –“Like the Olympic decathlon, the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon consists of 10 contests. These contests are designed to gauge how well the houses perform and how livable and affordable they are.“Each contest is worth a maxi...

10/10/2013

We did it. We did it. We did it! Hooray!

The level of shock for the team, in that moment was pretty high.

Like the Olympic decathlon, the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon consists of 10 contests. These contests are designed to gauge how well the houses perform and how livable and affordable they are. Each contest is worth a maximum of 100 points, for a competition total of 1,000 points. Learn more about the contests: http://www.solardecathlon.gov/contests.html

10/10/2013

Congrats to all of our competitors, and most importantly to our co-winners for first place in Affordability!

Norwich and Stanford, you guys are up there with us.

Congrats to both second and third place teams as well. Second to Team Ontario and third to Team Middlebury.



For those wondering at home, yes, we all were shocked with first place. All of us. Like, it took a moment for us to get up to the stage.

10/08/2013

Water! Water everywhere!

October 8, 2013By CaitlynWater, water everywhere. Well that’s wasn’t a problem a few days ago, however, it seems to be that California had dried out the Phoenix Team.Had. Key words are important in situations like this.Friday afternoon, we realized there was a problem with our water bladder and pump...

10/08/2013

Thanks to Ashlyn Ackerman for making this lovely walk through of The Phoenix House.

This is Team Kentuckiana's entry into the 2013 Solar Decathlon presented by the US Department of Energy. The Phoenix House is inspired by an F-4 tornado that...

10/07/2013

In the last few days, competition has been entertaining. We've dealt with Santa Ana's - the high winds from the Santa Ana Mountains - very hot and dry days, and excessively chapped lips.

However, during the time that the exhibit was shut down, we decided to go 'play' in the winds. The photographer for Solar Decathlon, Stefano Paltera let us have this photo because it was so much fun.

Thanks so much to Stefano Paltera and U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon for letting us share this!