40 Collegiate Groups Advance — Photo voltaic Decathlon 2024 Design Problem

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Groups Representing 11 Nations and 37 Establishments Will Current Their Zero-Power Constructing Designs on the 2024 Design Problem Competitors Occasion, Hosted at NREL in April

Forty groups from 37 collegiate establishments are advancing to the ultimate stage of the U.S. Division of Power (DOE) Photo voltaic Decathlon^® 2024 Design Problem based mostly on their cutting-edge, zero-energy constructing designs.

“We are able to’t meaningfully deal with local weather change whereas persevering with to design buildings the way in which we all the time have,” mentioned Holly Jamesen Carr, Photo voltaic Decathlon director at DOE. “These collegiate students impressed jurors by reimagining buildings as aware of folks and the planet.”

Finalist groups had been chosen on the semifinal competitors occasion, held just about on Feb. 23–24, 2024. Groups introduced their zero-energy constructing designs to panels of trade specialists, and finalist groups had been chosen based mostly on how properly they addressed the ten Photo voltaic Decathlon contests. The contests included structure, engineering, presentation, and different subjects. Groups not chosen as finalists on the semifinal competitors occasion could proceed their participation as exhibition groups.

“Due to technological advances, zero-energy designs aren’t science fiction anymore,” mentioned Kassie Grimes, DOE business buildings lead for the Photo voltaic Decathlon. “Photo voltaic Decathlon college students have proven that inventive options are attainable for each new and present buildings in communities internationally.”

The Design Problem included residential and business designs throughout 4 divisions: single-family housing, hooked up housing, multifamily constructing, and schooling constructing. Ten finalist groups had been chosen in every division.

Finalist groups will compete to win their division—and to change into the general grand winner—on the hybrid Photo voltaic Decathlon Competitors Occasion, April 19–21, 2024, on the Nationwide Renewable Power Laboratory in Golden, Colorado.

Be part of the awards ceremony livestream on April 21, 2024, at 11 a.m. ET to see which sustainable constructing designs impressed jurors probably the most.

“Because the Photo voltaic Decathlon’s premier sponsor for the second 12 months in a row, we’re excited to see what the finalist groups deliver to the desk within the Design Problem,” mentioned Deb Cloutier, chief sustainability officer at Legence. “This program provides college students priceless, hands-on expertise and lays the groundwork for designing real-world, energy-efficient, and sustainable buildings. A lot of our prime engineers at the moment proudly hint their roots again to the Photo voltaic Decathlon.”

Congratulations to the 2024 Design Problem Finalist Groups!

Single-Household Housing Division

• Georgia Institute of Expertise—Atlanta, Georgia
• Illinois Institute of Expertise—Chicago, Illinois
• Monash College—Clayton, Australia
• Myongji College—Seoul, South Korea
• The College of British Columbia Okanagan—Kelowna, British Columbia & Thompson Rivers College—Kamloops, British Columbia
• The College of Oklahoma—Norman, Oklahoma
• Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería—Lima, Peru
• College of Tennessee at Chattanooga—Chattanooga, Tennessee
• College of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg—Johannesburg, South Africa
• Wentworth Institute of Expertise—Boston, Massachusetts

Hooked up Housing Division

• Dartmouth School—Hanover, New Hampshire
• Howard College—Washington, D.C.
• Myongji College—Seoul, South Korea
• Oklahoma State College—Stillwater, Oklahoma
• The College of Arizona—Tucson, Arizona
• The College of British Columbia—Vancouver, British Columbia
• Toronto Metropolitan College—Toronto, Ontario
• College of North Texas—Denton, Texas & Al Hussein Technical College—Amman, Jordan
• College of Waterloo—Waterloo, Ontario
• Virginia Commonwealth College—Richmond, Virginia

Multifamily Constructing Division

• Illinois Institute of Expertise—Chicago, Illinois
• Indian Institute of Expertise Bombay—Mumbai, India
• Northeastern College—Boston, Massachusetts
• Northwestern College—Evanston, Illinois & Kent State College—Kent, Ohio
• The Cooper Union for the Development of Science and Artwork—New York Metropolis, New York
• The College of Arizona—Tucson, Arizona
• The College of Texas at Austin—Austin, Texas
• College of Cincinnati—Cincinnati, Ohio
• College of Missouri—Columbia, Missouri
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State College, Washington-Alexandria Structure Middle—Alexandria, Virginia

Training Constructing Division

• Illinois Institute of Expertise—Chicago, Illinois
• Nationwide College of Sciences and Expertise—Islamabad, Pakistan
• Southeast College— Nanjing, China & Tibet College—Lhasa, China
• Tehran College of Artwork—Tehran, Iran
• The College of Arizona—Tucson, Arizona
• College of Cincinnati—Cincinnati, Ohio
• College of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—Urbana, Illinois
• College of New Hampshire—Durham, New Hampshire
• College of Oregon—Eugene, Oregon
• Wentworth Institute of Expertise—Boston, Massachusetts

In regards to the Photo voltaic Decathlon

The U.S. Division of Power Photo voltaic Decathlon is a collegiate competitors that prepares the following technology of constructing professionals to design high-performance, low-carbon buildings powered by renewables. The Design Problem is a one- to two-semester, design-only competitors.

The Photo voltaic Decathlon has challenged greater than 25,000 college students to create environment friendly, sustainable buildings powered by renewables, whereas selling scholar innovation, STEM schooling, and workforce growth alternatives within the buildings trade.

Further particulars can be found on the Photo voltaic Decathlon web site.

Courtesy of NREL. By Kelly MacGregor