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U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu announced that the University of North Carolina at Charlotte has been selected to compete in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013. The school will represent the North Carolina team in this worldwide competition to build solar-powered, highly energy-efficient homes that combine affordability, consumer appeal and design excellence.
“The UNC Charlotte Team is thrilled to be selected once again to compete in the Solar Decathlon,” says SoA Director Chris Jarrett. Many lessons were learned from UNC Charlotte's collaboration with the DOE in the first Solar Decathlon in 2002. “A decade later, we have new expertise, new technology, and new partnerships. We’re looking forward to the challenge of rethinking the next generation of solar housing."
The 20 selected teams from colleges and universities across the United States and from around the world will now begin a two-year process to design, construct and test their homes before reassembling them at the Solar Decathlon 2013 competition site in Irvine, California. Like the Olympic Decathlon, Solar Decathlon teams compete in 10 different categories, ranging from architecture and engineering contests, to energy production, affordability and market appeal.
"Our project brings together a diverse team of faculty, scientific staff, and students from the School of Architecture and the Colleges of Engineering and Business to both lead and organize the project," says Professor Mona Azarbayjani, Project Manger of UNC Charlotte's team. "Our interdisciplinary team represents expertise from the Infrastructure, Design, Environment and Sustainability Center (IDEAS), the Center for Integrated Building Design Research (CIBDR), and UNC Charlotte's new Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC) - a multimillion dollar energy research center led by Dr. Johan Enslin, former chief technology officer at Petra Solar. "Together, the university and the city are poised to be a model of progressive energy leadership," says Azarbayjani.
UNC Charlotte will leverage their strong partnerships with the energy industry to design, build and operate the solar house of the future for the 2013 competition.
The full list of teams for Solar Decathlon 2013 can be found HERE.
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