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Title
Build Challenge
Subtitle
2005
Location
Washington, D.C.
Date Start
October 7
Date End
 - 16, 2005

2005 Build Challenge

Photo of student from the University of Colorado kissing the trophy the university earned by winning the 2005 Solar Decathlon.

In 2005, as in 2002, the University of Colorado team brought home the top trophy by achieving the highest combined score for all ten Solar Decathlon contests. Second-place Cornell, third-place Cal Poly, and fourth-place Virginia Tech each won two individual contests in 2005.

In the fall of 2005, teams from colleges and universities from the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, and Spain competed in the second Solar Decathlon. The teams assembled highly energy-efficient and completely solar-powered homes in a "solar village" on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. They competed in 10 contests that tested architectural and engineering design, energy efficiency, energy production, and more. In the 2005 Solar Decathlon Highlights section you can review the 2005: