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{{Short description|American collegiate competition centered on renewable energy}}
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The U.S. [[United States Department of Energy|Department of Energy]] (DOE) '''Solar Decathlon'''  is a collegiate competition, comprising 10 contests, that challenges student teams to design and build highly efficient and innovative buildings powered by renewable energy. The winners are selected based for the best blending of design architectural and engineering excellence with innovation, market potential, building efficiency, and smart energy production. In the summer of 2018, DOE merged its two student building design competitions into one Solar Decathlon competition.

The combined competition features two tracks, the Design Challenge and the Build Challenge. The Solar Decathlon provides a hands-on experience and unique training that prepares the competing students to enter the clean energy workforce. This international competition has been a driving force in raising awareness about clean energy since its inception in 2002. Technologies and solutions used in Solar Decathlon homes have advanced the residential building industry both in the United States and abroad.

After the first Solar Decathlon was held in 2002, the competition occurred biennially in 2005, 2007, 2009,  2011,  2013, 2015 and 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past.html|title=History|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Solar Decathlon|accessdate=March 26, 2015}}</ref> The Solar Decathlon 2017 was located in Denver, Colorado, adjacent to the 61st & Peña station on the University of Colorado A line commuter train connecting Denver International Airport to downtown Union Station. In addition to the competition, Solar Decathlon 2017 also featured a sustainability expo, professional development and consumer workshops, and middle-school education events.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.solardecathlon.gov/2017/visit.html|title=Plan Your Visit|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Solar Decathlon|accessdate=August 28, 2017}}</ref>

Open to the public and free of charge, the Solar Decathlon allows visitors to tour energy- and water-efficient houses, and gather ideas to save energy and conserve water in their own homes.

The Solar Decathlon 2017 competition was presented by DOE and administered by Energetics, Incorporated, a subsidiary of [[VSE Corporation]]. Previous competitions were administered by the [[National Renewable Energy Laboratory]] (NREL).

Since the first competition in 2002, the Solar Decathlon has expanded internationally to include competitions in Europe, China, Latin America and Caribbean, the Middle East, and Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.solardecathlon.gov/international.html|title=International|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Solar Decathlon|accessdate=August 28, 2017}}</ref> [[Solar Decathlon Europe]] was established under a 2007 memorandum of understanding between the United States and [[Spain]], which hosted competitions in 2010 and 2012. [[France]] hosted in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solardecathlon.gov/international-europe.html|title=Solar Decathlon Europe|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Solar Decathlon|accessdate=March 26, 2015}}</ref> The Solar Decathlon Europe 2019 was hosted by Hungary<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.solardecathlon.gov/2019/design/challenge-results.html|title=SDE Europe 2019 Challenge results|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Solar Decathlon|accessdate=March 2, 2021}}</ref> in [[Szentendre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sde2019.hu/index_en.html|title=SDE Europe 2019. The art of smart building.|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Solar Decathlon Europe|accessdate=March 2, 2021}}</ref>  The next Solar Decathlon Europe was planned for 2021, in [[Wuppertal]], Germany and postponed to 2022 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sde21.eu|title=Solar Decathlon Europe ...goes urban|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Solar Decathlon Europe|accessdate=March 2, 2021}}</ref>

The Solar Decathlon China was established with the signing of a memorandum of understanding between DOE, China’s National Energy Administration, [[Peking University]] and Applied Materials on January 20, 2011. The first Solar Decathlon China took place in August 2013 in the city of Datong. The next Solar Decathlon China will take place in 2018 and was formed through a memorandum of understanding among the [[United States Department of Energy]], the People’s Republic of [[China]], and the China Overseas Development Corporation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solardecathlon.gov/international-china.html|title=Solar Decathlon China|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Solar Decathlon|accessdate=August 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sdchina.org.cn/english|title=TEAM UOW'S ILAWARRA FLAME HOUSE - WINNER OF THE SOLAR DECATHLON CHINA 2013|last=|first=|date=September 25, 2013|website=|publisher=University of Wollongong|accessdate=March 26, 2015}}</ref>

Solar Decathlon Latin America and Caribbean was established under a memorandum of understanding between the [[United States Department of Energy]] and the government of [[Colombia]] in 2014. The first competition was held in [[Cali]] in December 2015, and another competition is planned for 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.solardecathlon.gov/international-latin-america.html|title=Solar Decathlon Latin America and Caribbean|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Solar Decathlon|accessdate=August 28, 2017}}</ref>

Solar Decathlon Middle East, to be held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in 2018, was formed by a memorandum of understanding between DOE and the [[Dubai Electricity and Water Authority]] in 2015. An additional Solar Decathlon Middle East is also expected to take place in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.solardecathlon.gov/international-middle-east.html|title=Solar Decathlon Middle East|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Solar Decathlon|accessdate=August 28, 2017}}</ref>

On November 15, 2016, the Moroccan Ministry of Energy, Mines, Water, and the Environment (MEMEE); the Moroccan Research Institute in Solar Energy and New Energies (IRESEN); and DOE signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the development of Solar Decathlon Africa. The competition is planned for 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.solardecathlon.gov/international-middle-east.html|title=Solar Decathlon Africa |publisher=US Department of Energy|accessdate=August 28, 2017}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

==History==
The inaugural Solar Decathlon was open to the public between September 19 and October 6, 2002. Fourteen teams from across the United States, including [[Puerto Rico]], presented their projects on the [[National Mall]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] The [[University of Colorado]] was awarded first place.

At the second Solar Decathlon, likewise held on the National Mall on October 6–16, 2005, 18 teams from the United States, Canada, and Spain participated; the University of Colorado successfully defended its championship.

The third Solar Decathlon took place on the National Mall on October 12–20, 2007. Twenty teams from the United States, Canada, Spain, and Germany competed, and [[Darmstadt University of Technology|Technische Universität Darmstadt]] (Team Germany) was named the overall champion.

The fourth Solar Decathlon was held on the National Mall on October 8–18, 2009, and included teams from the United States, Canada, Germany, and Spain; Team Germany was named the winner for a second time.

The fifth Solar Decathlon took place between September 23 and October 2, 2011, with nineteen participating teams representing the United States, China, New Zealand, Belgium, and Canada. The event was held in Washington D.C.'s [[West Potomac Park]], near the [[Potomac River]], the [[Tidal Basin]] and the [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial]], along a road between the [[Lincoln Memorial|Lincoln]] and [[Jefferson Memorial]]s.<ref>http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2011/pdfs/2011_brochure.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> The [[University of Maryland]] was the overall competition winner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solardecathlon.gov/blog/archives/1906|title=University of Maryland Wins Solar Decathlon 2011!|publisher=Solar Decathlon|date=October 1, 2011|accessdate=October 5, 2011}}</ref>

The sixth Solar Decathlon took place on October 3–13, 2013, in [[Orange County Great Park]] in [[Irvine, California]] – it was the first Solar Decathlon to take place outside Washington D.C., and was won by [[Vienna University of Technology]] (Team Austria).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solardecathlon.gov/about.html|title=About Solar Decathlon|last=|first=|date=|publisher=[[National Renewable Energy Laboratory]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119100456/http://www.solardecathlon.gov/about.html|archive-date=January 19, 2013|work=[[United States Department of Energy|U.S. Department of Energy]] Solar Decathlon|access-date=January 27, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2013/|title=Highlights from Solar Decathlon 2013|publisher=Solar Decathlon|date=February 4, 2014|accessdate=March 26, 2015}}</ref>

The seventh Solar Decathlon was held October 8 – 18, 2015, also at the [[Orange County Great Park]]. Stevens Institute of Technology was the overall winner. This was their third Solar Decathlon competition.

The eighth Solar Decathlon in the U.S. was held October 5–15, 2017, in Denver, Colorado, at the 61st & Peña Station on the University of Colorado A line commuter rail connecting Denver International Airport to downtown Union Station. Eleven teams competed to design, build, and operate the most cost-effective, energy-efficient, and attractive solar-powered house. The Swiss Team won the overall competition with their entry, NeighborHub. It was the first entry for this combined team of École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, School of Engineering and Architecture Fribourg, [[Geneva University of Art and Design]], and the University of Fribourg.

===Awards===
In 2010, the [[National Building Museum]] awarded the Solar Decathlon an [[Honor Award]] for its emphasis on "renewable energy, energy-efficient, and environmentally responsible systems" and its role in "educating a new generation of built-environment professionals".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbm.org/support-us/awards_honors/honor-award/2010-honor-award.html|title=2010 Honor Award: A Salute to Civic Innovators|year=2010|publisher=[[National Building Museum]]|access-date=March 26, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329052704/http://www.nbm.org/support-us/awards_honors/honor-award/2010-honor-award.html|archive-date=March 29, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

==Scope of contests==
Like the Olympic decathlon, the DOE Solar Decathlon consists of 10 contests. The contests evaluate cost-effective design; innovation balanced with market potential; water and energy efficiency; energy production and time-of-use energy; and communications strategies. Each Solar Decathlon contest is worth a maximum of 100 points, for a potential competition total of 1,000 points. Teams earn points through task completion, performance monitoring, and jury evaluation. The contests may change after each competition in response to participant feedback, market dynamics, and DOE goals.

The contests for the 2019-2020 event:
* Energy Performance
* Engineering
* Financial Feasibility and Affordability
* Resilience
* Architecture
* Operations
* Market Potential
* Comfort and Environmental Quality
* Innovation
* Presentation

==Competitors==

=== 2017 ===
The project NeighborHub by the Swiss team won the overall competition.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Solar Decathlon: Highlights from Solar Decathlon 2017|url=https://www.solardecathlon.gov/2017/|access-date=2020-08-25|website=www.solardecathlon.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=- NeighborHub|url=https://www.smartlivinglab.ch/en/infrastructures/neighborhub/|access-date=2020-08-25|website=www.smartlivinglab.ch|language=en-US}}</ref>

Teams selected for the Solar Decathlon 2017 competition held in [[Denver]], [[Colorado]]:
*[http://www.solardecathlon.gov/2017/competition-team-georgia.html Georgia Tech]: [[Georgia Tech|Georgia Institute of Technology]] (Atlanta, GA) The Georgia Tech team withdrew from the competition on November 22, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.solardecathlon.gov/blog/archives/4333|title=DOE Solar Decathlon: News Blog » Blog Archive » Georgia Institute of Technology Withdraws From Solar Decathlon 2017|website=www.solardecathlon.gov|date=November 22, 2016|access-date=2017-10-11}}</ref>
*[http://www.solardecathlon.gov/2017/competition-team-las-vegas.html Las Vegas]: [[University of Nevada, Las Vegas]] (Las Vegas, NV)
*[http://www.solardecathlon.gov/2017/competition-team-maryland.html Maryland]: [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]] (College Park, MD)
*[http://www.solardecathlon.gov/2017/competition-team-missouri-st.html Missouri S&T]: [[Missouri University of Science and Technology]] (Rolla, MO)
*[http://www.solardecathlon.gov/2017/competition-team-netherlands.html Netherlands]: [[HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht|HU University of Applied Science Utrecht]] (Utrecht, Netherlands)
*[http://www.solardecathlon.gov/2017/competition-team-northwestern.html Northwestern]: [[Northwestern University]] (Evanston, IL)
*[http://www.solardecathlon.gov/2017/competition-team-switzerland.html Swiss Team]: [[École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne]], [[Haute école spécialisée de la Suisse occidentale|School of Engineering and Architecture Fribourg]], [[University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland|University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Geneva]], and the [[University of Fribourg]] (Lausanne, Switzerland and Fribourg, Switzerland)
*[http://www.solardecathlon.gov/2017/competition-team-alabama.html Team Alabama]: [[University of Alabama at Birmingham]]; [[University of Alabama in Huntsville|University of Alabama, Huntsville]]; and [[Calhoun Community College]] (Birmingham, AL, Huntsville, AL and Tanner, AL)
*[http://www.solardecathlon.gov/2017/competition-team-daytona-beach.html Team Daytona Beach]: [[Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University|Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University]] and [[Daytona State College]] (Daytona Beach, FL)
*[http://www.solardecathlon.gov/2017/competition-team-uc-berkeley.html UC Berkeley]: [[University of California, Berkeley|University of California at Berkeley]] (Berkeley, CA)
*[http://www.solardecathlon.gov/2017/competition-team-uc-davis.html UC Davis]: [[University of California, Davis]] (Davis, CA)
*[http://www.solardecathlon.gov/2017/competition-team-washington-university.html WashU]: [[Washington University in St. Louis]] (St. Louis, MO)
*[http://www.solardecathlon.gov/2017/competition-team-washington-state.html Washington State]: [[Washington State University]] (Pullman, WA) The Washington State team withdrew from the competition in September 2017, just before the time to transport the house to the competition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.solardecathlon.gov/2017/competition-team-washington-state.html|title=Solar Decathlon: Washington State: Washington State University|website=www.solardecathlon.gov|access-date=2017-10-11}}</ref>
*[http://www.solardecathlon.gov/2017/competition-team-west-virginia.html West Virginia]: [[West Virginia University]] (Morgantown, WV) The West Virginia University team withdrew from Solar Decathlon 2017 in April 2017, after completing many rigorous competition deliverables, including construction drawings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.solardecathlon.gov/blog/archives/4802#more-4802|title=West Virginia University Withdraws from Solar Decathlon 2017|last=|first=|date=May 4, 2017|website=www.solardecathlon.gov|publisher=Solar Decathlon|accessdate=August 28, 2017}}</ref>

=== 2015 ===
Teams selected for the Solar Decathlon 2015 competition held at [[Orange County Great Park]] in [[Irvine, California]]:
* [http://www.calpolysolardecathlon.org/ California Polytechnic State University] (San Luis Obispo, CA)
[[File:Missouri S&T house.jpg|thumb|180x180px|Just as birds use materials from their environment to build a nest, Missouri University of Science and Technology reused common materials to build its U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2015 entry.]]
* [http://www.solarnest.org/ California State University], Sacramento (Sacramento, CA)
* [http://www.solardecathlon.gov/2015/competition-team-clemson.html Clemson University] (Clemson, SC)
* [http://shelter.drury.edu/ Crowder College (Neosho, MO) and Drury University] (Springfield, MO)
* [http://www.solardecathlon.gov/2015/competition-team-missouri-st.html Missouri University of Science and Technology] (Rolla, MO)
* [http://durahome.org/ New York City College of Technology] (New York, NY)
* [http://www.solardecathlon.gov/2015/competition-team-ny-alfred.html State University of New York at Alfred College of Technology and Alfred University] (Alfred, NY)
* [http://surehouse.org/ Stevens Institute of Technology] (Hoboken, NJ) '''''winner 2015'''''
* [http://www.solardecathlon.gov/2015/competition-team-florida-singapore.html University of Florida, National University of Singapore, and Santa Fe College]
* [http://www.nexushaus.com/ The University of Texas at Austin and Technische Universitaet Muenchen]
* [http://grow.buffalo.edu/ University at Buffalo], The State University of New York
* [http://solardecathlon2015.ucdavis.edu/ University of California], Davis
* [http://teamoc2015.com/ University of California, Irvine; Chapman University; Irvine Valley College and Saddleback College]
* [http://www.solardecathlon.gov/2015/competition-team-tennessee.html Vanderbilt University and Middle Tennessee State University]
* [http://solar.wvu.edu/ West Virginia University and University of Roma Tor Vergata]
* [http://www.solardecathlon.gov/2015/competition-team-mass-central-america.html Western New England University, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, and Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana]

=== 2013 ===
[[File:AIR House CTU 01.jpg|thumb|AIR House of [[Czech Technical University in Prague|Czech Technical University]] team. in 2014 rebuilt in Prague as the Information Centre of the CTU]]
Teams selected for the Solar Decathlon 2013 competition in Orange County Great Park in Irvine, California, the first one to be held outside of [[Washington, DC]],:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://energy.gov/articles/solar-decathlon-2013-new-teams-new-location|publisher=U.S. Department of Energy|work=press release|date=2012-01-26|title=Solar Decathlon 2013: New Teams! New Location!}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=DOE Announces Solar Decathlon 2013 Teams and Location |date=January 26, 2012|url=http://www.solardecathlon.gov/blog/archives/1978}}</ref>

*[[Arizona State University]] and The [[University of New Mexico]] (Tempe, Arizona, and Albuquerque, New Mexico)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2013/team_asu_unm.html|title=AZ State/New Mexico|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref>
*[[Czech Technical University]] (Prague, Czech Republic)<ref>{{cite web|title=AIR House |url=http://www.airhouse.cz/}}</ref>
*[[Hampton University]] and [[Old Dominion University]] (Hampton and Norfolk, Virginia)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2013/team_tidewater_virginia.html|title=Tidewater Virginia|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> 
*[[Middlebury College]] (Middlebury, Vermont)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2013/team_middlebury.html|title=Middlebury College|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref>
*[[Missouri University of Science and Technology]] (Rolla, Missouri)<ref>{{cite web |title=Solar House Team, Missouri S&T |url=http://solarhouse.mst.edu/}}</ref>
*[[Norwich University]] (Northfield, Vermont)<ref>{{cite web |title=Norwich forges its own path at Solar Decathlon |url=http://www.nusd2013.org/}}</ref> 
*[[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]], [[Carleton University]], and [[Algonquin College]] (Kingston and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2013/team_ontario.html|title=Team Ontario|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> 
*[[Santa Clara University]] (Santa Clara, California)<ref>{{cite web |title=Radiant House |url=http://sd13.scu.edu/}}</ref> 
*[[Southern California Institute of Architecture]] and [[California Institute of Technology]] (Los Angeles, California)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2013/team_sci_arc_caltech.html|title=SCICal2013.com Home|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> 
*[[Stanford University]] (Palo Alto, California)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.stanford.edu/features/2014/starthome/|title=Team Stanford|last=|first=|date=January 23, 2023|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> 
*[[Stevens Institute of Technology]] (Hoboken, New Jersey)<ref>{{cite web |title=EcoHabit, Stevens Solar Decathlon 2013 |url=http://www.stevens.edu/sd2013/}}</ref> 
*[[The Catholic University of America]], [[George Washington University]], and [[American University]] (Washington, DC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2013/team_capitol_dc.html|title=Harvest - Team Capitol DC|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> 
*[[The University of North Carolina at Charlotte]] (Charlotte, North Carolina)<ref>{{cite web |title=Urban Eden |url=http://www.solardecathlon.uncc.edu/}}</ref> 
*[[The University of Texas at El Paso]] and [[El Paso Community College]] (El Paso, Texas)<ref>{{cite web |title=UTEP / College of Engineering |url=http://www.engineering.utep.edu/solardecathlon/}}</ref> 
*[[University of Calgary]] (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2013/team_alberta.html|title=Team Alberta|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> 
*[[University of Louisville]], [[Ball State University]] and [[University of Kentucky]] (Louisville, Kentucky; Muncie, Indiana; and Lexington, Kentucky)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Phoenix House |url=http://sd2013.teamkentuckiana.org/}}</ref>
*[[University of Nevada Las Vegas]] (Las Vegas, Nevada)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2013/team_lasvegas.html|title=University of Nevada Las Vegas|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> 
*[[University of Southern California]] (Los Angeles, California)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2013/team_southern_california.html|title=fluxHome|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> 
*[[Vienna University of Technology]] (Vienna, Austria)<ref>{{cite web |title=LISI {{!}} HOUSE OF THE SOLAR DECATHLON TEAM AUSTRIA |url=http://www.solardecathlon.at/}}</ref> '''''winner 2013'''''
*[[West Virginia University]] (Morgantown, West Virginia)<ref>{{cite web |title=West Virginia University Solar Decathlon Team |url=http://solar.wvu.edu/}}</ref>

===2011===
Teams selected for the Solar Decathlon 2011 competition:

*Appalachian State University ([http://www.thesolarhomestead.com team page])
*Florida International University ([http://solardecathlon.fiu.edu team page])
*Middlebury College ([http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2011/team_middlebury.html team page] )
*New Zealand: [[Victoria University of Wellington]] ([http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2011/team_new_zealand.html team page])
*The Ohio State University ([http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2011/team_ohio_state.html team page])
*[[Parsons The New School for Design]], [[Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy]], and [[Stevens Institute of Technology]] ([http://parsit.parsons.edu team page])
*[[Purdue University]] ([http://www.purdue.edu/inhome team page])
*[[Southern California Institute of Architecture|The Southern California Institute of Architecture]] and [[California Institute of Technology]] ([http://www.chip2011.com/ team page])
*Team Belgium: Ghent University ([http://www.solardecathlon.ugent.be team page])
*Team Canada: University of Calgary ([http://www.solardecathlon.ca team page])
*Team China: Tongji University ([http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2011/team_china.html team page])
*Team Florida: [[Florida State University]], the [[University of Central Florida]], the [[University of Florida]], and the [[University of South Florida]] ([http://www.flexhouse.org team page])
*Team Massachusetts: [[Massachusetts College of Art and Design]] and the [[University of Massachusetts Lowell]] ([http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2011/team_massachusetts.html team page])
*Team New Jersey: Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey and New Jersey Institute of Technology ([http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2011/team_new_jersey.html team page])
*Team New York: The City College of New York ([http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2011/team_new_york.html team page])<ref>{{Cite book|isbn = 978-9881619402|title = Prototyping Architecture: The Solar Roofpod|last1 = Volkmann|first1 = Christian|date = December 2016}}</ref>
*Tidewater Virginia: [[Old Dominion University]] and [[Hampton University]] ([http://www.teamtidewaterva.org/ team page])
*University of Hawaii ([http://www.solar.hawaii.edu team page])*On June 1, 2011, the U.S. Department of Energy received formal notification from the *University of Hawaii of its withdrawal from Solar Decathlon 2011.
*[[Illinois Solar Decathlon|University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]] ([http://solardecathlon.illinois.edu/2011/ team page])
*[[University of Maryland]] ([http://2011.solarteam.org team page]) '''''winner 2011'''''
*The University of Tennessee ([http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2011/team_tennessee.html team page])

===2009===

The competing teams in Solar Decathlon 2009:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.energy.gov/news/5888.htm|publisher=U.S. Department of Energy|work=press release|date=2008-01-24|title=Energy Department Selects Student Teams to Compete in 2009 Solar Decathlon}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solardecathlon.upm.es/en/solar-decathlon.php|title=2009 Solar Decathlon contact list}}</ref>

*[[Cornell University]] ([http://cusd.cornell.edu/ team page])
*[[Iowa State University of Science and Technology|Iowa State University]] ([http://www.solard.iastate.edu/ team page])
*[[The Pennsylvania State University|Penn State]] (team [http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2009/team_penn.html page])
*[[Rice University]] ([http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2009/team_rice.html team page])
*[[Alberta Solar Decathlon Project|Team Alberta]]: [[University of Calgary]], SAIT Polytechnic, Alberta College of Art and Design, and Mount Royal College ([http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2009/team_alberta.html team page])
*Team Boston: [[Boston Architectural College]] and [[Tufts University]] ([http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2009/team_boston.html team page])
*Team California: [[Santa Clara University]] and [[California College of the Arts]] ([http://www.refracthouse.com/ team page])
*Team Germany: [[Darmstadt University of Technology|Technische Universität Darmstadt]] ([https://archive.today/20130106075241/http://www.solardecathlon.tu-darmstadt.de/home/home.en.jsp team page]) '''''winner 2009'''''
*Team Missouri: [[Missouri S&T|Missouri University of Science and Technology]] and [[University of Missouri]] ([http://solarhouse.mst.edu/ team page])
*Team Ontario/BC: [[University of Waterloo]], [[Ryerson University]], and [[Simon Fraser University]] ([http://www.team-north.com/ team page])
*Team Spain: [[Universidad Politécnica de Madrid]] ([http://www.solardecathlon.upm.es/en/ecube.php team page])
*[[Ohio State University]]<!--Wikipedians do not use "The" as part of Ohio State's name; it is considered a marketing gimmick, and routinely deleted.--> ([http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2009/team_ohio.html team page])
*[[The University of Arizona]] ([http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2009/team_arizona.html team page])
*[[University of Puerto Rico|Universidad de Puerto Rico]] ([http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2009/team_puerto_rico.html team page])
*[[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]] ([http://2009.solardecathlon.illinois.edu/ team page])
*[[University of Kentucky]] ([http://www.uky.edu/solarhouse/ team page])
*[[University of Louisiana at Lafayette]] ([http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2009/team_louisiana.html team page])
*[[University of Minnesota]] ([http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2009/team_minnesota.html team page])
*[[University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee]] ([http://www4.uwm.edu/uwm_sd09/ team page])
*[[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University|Virginia Tech]] ([http://www.solar.arch.vt.edu/ team page])
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===2007===

[[Image:Georgia Tech Solar Decathlon 2007.jpg|thumb|right|Georgia Tech's entry to Solar Decathlon 2007, located on Tech campus.]]
[[File:Maison solaire écoologique, île Sainte-Hélène 02.JPG|thumb|Team Montréal: [[École de Technologie Supérieure]], [[Université de Montréal]], and [[McGill University]]]]
[[File:Universidad de Puerto Rico Solar Decathlon 2007 (2).jpg|thumb|University of Puerto Rico]]
The 20 competing teams in Solar Decathlon 2007:
*[[Carnegie Mellon University]] ([http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2007/team_carnegie.html team page])
*[[Cornell University]] ([http://cusd.cornell.edu/ team page])
*[[Georgia Institute of Technology]] ([http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2007/team_georgia.html team page])
*Kansas Project Solar House: [[Kansas State University]] and [[University of Kansas]] ([http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2007/team_kansas.html team page])
*[[Lawrence Technological University]] ([http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2007/team_lawrence.html team page])
*[http://web.mit.edu/solardecathlon/ Massachusetts Institute of Technology (team page)]
*[[New York Institute of Technology]] ([http://iris.nyit.edu/solardecathlon2007/ team page])
*[[Pennsylvania State University|Penn State University]] ([https://archive.today/20121211103224/http://solar.psu.edu/2007/ team page])
*[[Santa Clara University]] (team [http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2007/team_santa_clara.html page])
*[[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]] ([http://www.solardecathlon.illinois.edu/2007/ team page])
*Team Montréal: [[École de Technologie Supérieure]], [[Université de Montréal]], and [[McGill University]] ([http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2007/team_montreal.html team page])
*[[Darmstadt University of Technology|Technische Universität Darmstadt]] ([http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2007/team_darmstadt.html team page]) '''''winner 2007'''''
*[[Texas A&M University]] ([http://archone.tamu.edu/solardecathlon/ team page])
*[[Universidad Politécnica de Madrid]] ([http://www.solardecathlon.upm.es/en/history-casa-solar-2007.php team page])
*[[Universidad de Puerto Rico]] ([http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2007/team_puerto_rico.html team page])
*[[University of Cincinnati]] ([http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2007/team_cincinnati.html team page])
*[[University of Colorado at Boulder]] ([http://solar.colorado.edu/ team page])
*[[University of Maryland]] ([http://2007.solarteam.org/page.php?id=250 team page])
*[[University of Missouri-Rolla]] (now [[Missouri S&T]]) ([http://solarhouse.mst.edu/ team page])
*[[University of Texas at Austin]] ([http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2007/team_texas.html team page])

===2005===
[[File:Solar decathlon building at Carnegie Mellon University.jpg|thumb|Pittsburgh Synergy Solar Decathlon House at [[Carnegie Mellon University]].]]
The 18 competing universities in Solar Decathlon 2005:
*[[California Polytechnic State University]]
*Canadian Solar Decathlon: [[Concordia University (Quebec)|Concordia University]] and Université de Montréal
*Cornell University ([http://www.cusd.cornell.edu team page])
*[[Crowder College]]
*[[Florida International University]]
*New York Institute of Technology ([http://iris.nyit.edu/solardecathlon/ team page])
*Pittsburgh Synergy: Carnegie Mellon University, [[University of Pittsburgh]], and the [[Art Institute of Pittsburgh]] ([http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2005/team_pittsburgh.html team page])
*[[Rhode Island School of Design]]
*[[University of Puerto Rico|Universidad de Puerto Rico]]
*[[Universidad Politécnica de Madrid]] ([http://www.solardecathlon.upm.es/en/history-magic-box-2005.php team page])
*[[University of Colorado System|University of Colorado]], [[University of Colorado Denver|Denver]] and [[University of Colorado at Boulder|Boulder]] '''''winner 2005'''''
*[[University of Maryland]] ([http://2005.solarteam.org/page.php?id=65 team page])
*[[University of Massachusetts Dartmouth]]
*[[University of Michigan]]
*[[University of Missouri–Rolla]] (now [[Missouri S&T]]) and Rolla Technical Institute ([http://solarhouse.mst.edu/ team page])
*University of Texas at Austin ([http://www.solardecathlon.gov/past/2005/team_texas.html UT SolarD team page])
*[[Virginia Tech]] ([http://www.lumenhaus.com/eu/about/pasthouses.html team page])
*[[Washington State University]]

===2002===

The 14 competing teams in Solar Decathlon 2002:
*[[Auburn University]]
*[[Carnegie Mellon University|Carnegie Mellon]]
*[[Crowder College]]
*[[Texas A&M University]]
*[[Tuskegee University]]
*[[University of Colorado at Boulder]] '''''winner 2002'''''
*[[University of Delaware]]
*[[University of Maryland]]([https://www.ecoflare.com/about team page])
*[[University of Missouri–Rolla]] (now [[Missouri S&T]]) and Rolla Technical Institute  ([http://solarhouse.mst.edu/ team page])
*[[University of North Carolina at Charlotte]]
*[[University of Puerto Rico|Universidad de Puerto Rico]]
*[[University of Texas at Austin]]
*[[University of Virginia]]  ([http://www.faculty.virginia.edu/solarhome/ team page])
*[[Virginia Tech]]

==See also==
* [[Solar Decathlon Africa]]
* [[Solar Decathlon China]]
* [[Solar Decathlon Europe]]
* [[Solar Decathlon Latin America and Caribbean]]
* [[Energy conservation]]
* [[Green building]]
* [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design]], a U.S. certification for sustainable architecture
* [[Low-energy house]]
* [[Sustainable architecture]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.solardecathlon.gov Solar Decathlon official website]
*[http://www.solardecathlon.gov/international-europe.html Solar Decathlon Europe official website]
*[http://www.solardecathlon.gov/international-china.html Solar Decathlon China official website]
*[http://www.dcphototour.com/WashingtonDCEventsPhotoTour/solar_decathlon_2009%20.shtml Solar Decathlon 2009 photo gallery] via DC Photo Tour

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