Solar Decathlon Blog - Middlebury College
Below you will find Solar Decathlon news from the Middlebury College archive, sorted by date.
Monday, December 14, 2020
For this edition of #SDLivingtheDream we learn about Zach Berzolla, a 2018 Middlebury College team alumnus. He shares with us the work he is doing at MIT, along with key concepts that he has learned for successful building design, from Solar Decathlon. How about that for a doer designer!
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Name: Zach Berzolla
Year participated in Solar Decathlon: 2018 Design Challenge
University team: Middlebury College
Current organization / employer: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sustainable Design Lab (more…)
Tags: #SDLivingTheDream, 2018 Design Challenge, Alumni, Middlebury College, Profiles
Monday, May 18, 2020
Our #SDLivingTheDream series continues with a recent alum from the Design Challenge who actually went on to work behind the scenes with the event’s staff, including posting to our social media channels for last month’s completely virtual event.
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Amanda Kirkeby working in the lab at NREL on Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) research, an alternative method of power distribution in buildings.
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Name: Amanda Kirkeby
Year participated in Solar Decathlon: 2018 Design Challenge
University team: Middlebury Zero Energy School Team (Middlebury College)
Current organization / employer: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Current role: Post-graduate intern with the Applied Engineering group (more…)
Tags: #SDLivingTheDream, Alumni, Design Challenge, Middlebury College, Profiles
Monday, February 10, 2020
We’re continuing our series, #SDLivingTheDream, highlighting alumni of both the Build Challenge and Design Challenge and how their time in the competition has shaped their careers and their lives.
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Name: Bennett Doherty
Year participated in Solar Decathlon: 2018 Design Challenge
University team: Middlebury College
Current organization / employer: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Current role: Research Engineer in the Commercial Buildings Group
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Tags: #SDLivingTheDream, Alumni, Design Challenge, Middlebury College, Profiles, Solar Decathlon
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
By Linda Silverman
Compelling. That’s what the stories behind the Solar Decathlon represent to me. Normally, I am focused on the current competition – working with the university teams and our partners to host the Energy Department’s largest public event showcasing student-built solar houses. But lately, I’ve had the chance to learn more about where the 2013 and 2015 competition houses ended up as part of a major website update. That’s why I’m proud to say our Where are the Houses Now historical archive now covers the fate of all past U.S. Solar Decathlon competition houses from 2002 to 2015.
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Tags: Competition, Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2013, Solar Decathlon 2015
Friday, January 13, 2017
By Alexis Powers
It’s no surprise that many of the top-notch students who have participated in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon go on to have successful careers in architecture and engineering. Some become collegiate professors, software engineers, analysts, energy consultants, and much more. We even have a newly elected official among our ranks—Chris Kennedy of the University of Colorado Boulder 2002’s first-place team—who won Colorado’s 23rd District State House race last month.
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Tags: Profiles, Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2017, Solar Decathlon Alumni Association
Thursday, October 23, 2014
By Irene Ying
As a project coordinator for building management software company Lucid Design Group, Cordelia Newbury works with customers to reduce their energy use. And although she now coordinates the energy efficiency of tens of buildings at a time, her career in energy-efficient spaces began with one-house projects—on Middlebury College’s U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 and Solar Decathlon 2013 teams.
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Tags: Middlebury College, Profiles, Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2011, Solar Decathlon 2013
Thursday, September 18, 2014
By Carol Laurie
If you’re ready for another glimpse into what the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2015 teams are up to, check out our updated 2015 team pages. They now include links to the teams’ own websites!
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Tags: Communications, Contests, Middlebury College, Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2015, Teams
Friday, October 11, 2013
By Solar Decathlon
Czech Technical University took first place in the highly competitive Architecture Contest and Vienna University of Technology received top honors in the Communications Contest this morning at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013.
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Tags: Architecture, Communications, Competition, Contests, Czech Republic, Las Vegas, Middlebury College, Parsons NS Stevens, Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2013, Team Austria, U of So Cal
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Solar Decathlon
At an awards ceremony this morning, winners of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013 Affordability and Market Appeal contests took center stage by demonstrating that innovative, energy-efficient houses can be cost-effective and appealing to a variety of target markets.
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Tags: Awards, Competition, Contests, Czech Republic, Kentucky/Indiana, Las Vegas, Middlebury College, Norwich, Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2013, Stanford, Team Austria, Team Ontario, Teams
Thursday, September 12, 2013
By Rebecca Matulka
Editor’s Note: This entry has been cross-posted from DOE’s Energy Blog.
Designing an energy-efficient, solar-powered house for the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon is like solving a riddle that has more than one answer. Instead of just thinking about building materials and cost in the design process, teams have to consider a myriad of factors to create a winning house.
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Tags: Kentucky/Indiana, Middlebury College, SCI-Arc/Caltech, Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2013, Teams
Saturday, October 1, 2011
By Carol Anna
Consistently appearing in first place in overall standings throughout the competition, the University of Maryland won the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced the competition results today before an excited audience that packed the main tent in the solar village.
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Tags: Competition, Contests, Market Appeal, Maryland, Middlebury College, New Zealand, Purdue, Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2011
Friday, September 30, 2011
By Carol Anna
With exemplary communications materials, public tours, and website, Middlebury College received first place in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Communications Contest today.
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Tags: Appalachian State, Communications, Competition, Contests, Maryland, Middlebury College, Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2011, Teams
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Alexis Powers
It may seem like all work all the time for the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon’s student decathletes, but one contest brings teams together to earn points while relaxing and interacting with one another.
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Tags: Competition, Contests, Home Entertainment, Middlebury College, Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2011, Teams
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
By Carol Anna
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Samuel Mikhail, team leader of Team New York (City College of New York), celebrates the diversity of his team during the All-Team Meeting. (Credit: Carol Anna/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)
Filled with energy and excitement, the student teams gathered the All-Team Meeting tonight to kick off the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011. The teams—representing 13 U.S. states, five countries, and four continents—received an enthusiastic send-off from Solar Decathlon organizers and sponsors in preparation for the assembly phase of the competition, which begins later tonight.
Over a buffet dinner, Melissa Segil of Middlebury College explained how the Solar Decathlon has had a powerful impact on her education. (more…)
Tags: Events, Middlebury College, Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2011, Team China, Team New York, Teams
Thursday, April 21, 2011
By April Saylor
Editor’s Note: This entry has been cross-posted from DOE’s Energy Blog.
In honor of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon—which challenges 20 collegiate teams to design, build, and operate solar-powered houses that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and attractive—we are profiling each of the 20 teams participating in the competition.
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Tags: Middlebury College, Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2011, Teams