BP Sponsoring the Solar Decathlon

Oct 9, 2007 Environmental News, Sponsored Posts

The solar decathlon is coming up in just a couple days. it’s an event where teams compete to create energy efficient solar powered houses.

The BP Solar Decathlon is also sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. At the site you can learn all about the event and the teams.

No matter how you feel about companies like BP, in a lot of ways it’s nice to see some competitions rewarding people for working on the challenge of creating quality solar power homes. With all the progress companies have been making with solar, I keep hoping it will be more affordable by the time I can afford a home. I do hope something practical comes of things like this.

The teams come from colleges such Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, MIT and many other universities. The solar village will be built on the National Mall in Washington D.C. The teams have already built their solar homes, which are being transported to the site for the decathlon. The opening ceremonies will be on October 12, with awards on October 19.

Harkening back to my physics geek days, I can’t help but envy the teams, even though this wasn’t an area I worked on. Hopefully it won’t be that much longer before the technology becomes something more commonly useable.