2005 Technical Report
A full report of the 2005 event, Solar Decathlon 2005: The Event in Review is available electronically (PDF 3.5 MB). Download Adobe Reader.
Technical Report Web Site Resources
The following files are provided as additional resources to the technical report.
2005 Solar Decathlon Rules and Regulations
The official rules and regulations for the 2005 Solar Decathlon.
Daily Journals
During the competition, daily updates written by Competition Director, Richard King were posted on the Web site. These journals give a sense of day-to-day life during the competition.
Daily Event Schedule
This schedule contains all activities the teams needed to know about, 24 hours a day, from the time of their arrival in Washington, D.C., through assembly, the competition, disassembly, and departure. (PDF 2.2 MB)
Juror and Judge Information
Brief biographical information about each juror and judge.
Final Detailed Scores and Standings
The complete scoring spreadsheet, including very detailed information for each team and contest. (Zip 13.5 MB)
Brief Contest Reports
Teams had the option of submitting a brief report for the subjectively judged contest activities listed below. Before the event began, these reports were given to members of the jury or panel of judges associated with each of the contest activities. The jurors and judges used the reports to preview what they would be evaluating at the event. The contest reports provided by the teams ranked in the top three for each contest and individual contest activities are included, as available. And all contest reports from the Colorado team are also included, as available.
Architecture Jury Evaluations
- Virginia Tech (PDF 36 KB)
- Cal Poly (PDF 1.7 KB)
- Cornell (PDF 77 KB)
- NYIT (PDF 46 KB)
- Colorado (PDF 110 KB)
Dwelling Panel Evaluations
- Virginia Tech (PDF 38 KB)
- Cal Poly (PDF 2.9 KB)
- NYIT (PDF 50 KB)
- Texas (PDF 2.1 MB)
- Colorado (PDF 105 KB)
Communications
Web Site Panel Evaluations
- Colorado (PDF 85 KB)
- Washington State (PDF 882 KB)
- Puerto Rico (PDF 294 KB)
- Maryland (PDF 167 KB)
House Tours Panel Evaluations
- Colorado (PDF 172 KB)
- Texas (PDF 354 KB)
- Puerto Rico (PDF 206 KB)
Lighting
Electric Lighting Quality
- Virginia Tech (PDF 35 KB)
- Texas (PDF 1.3 MB)
- Cornell (PDF 43 KB)
- Madrid (PDF 115 KB)
Daylighting Quality
- Virginia Tech (PDF 35 KB)
- Maryland (PDF 62 KB)
- Texas (PDF 2.5 MB)
- Cornell (PDF 43 KB)
- Madrid (PDF 207 KB)
Engineering (Comfort Zone and Hot Water)
Comprehensive Assessment of Thermal Comfort
- Washington State (PDF 785 KB)
- Cornell (PDF 223 KB)
- Cal Poly (PDF 2.5 MB)
- Texas (PDF 1.7 MB)
- Colorado (PDF 335 KB)
Comprehensive Assessment of Indoor Air Quality
- Cal Poly (PDF 1.5 MB)
- Cornell (PDF 74 KB)
- Texas (PDF 837 KB)
- Colorado (PDF 265 KB)
Comprehensive Assessment of Hot Water
- Texas (PDF 1.1 KB)
- Madrid (PDF 258 KB)
- Virginia Tech (PDF 75 KB)
- Cornell (PDF 42 KB)
- Colorado (PDF 140 KB)
- Cal Poly (PDF 2.5 MB)
Instrumentation and Monitoring for Solar Decathlon 2005
Description of the monitoring equipment used in the competition. (PDF 102 KB)
Equipment Summaries
Information about the following equipment used in each 2005 and 2002 competition house (PDF 84 KB):
- Space heating, cooling, and ventilation
- PV systems
- Electrical storage and conversion
- Water heating systems
- Building envelope materials.
Complete "As-Built" Drawings and Submittals from the 2005 Teams
Drawings and other required information, such as equipment and specifications, as submitted by the 2005 teams for the competition. Not all teams submitted required files; only those files made available by the teams are available here. The files contained within the zip files may be in a variety of file formats, which may or may not be readable by any given user.
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Cal Poly
- Floor Plan (PDF 162 KB)
- As-Built Drawings (Zip 40.3 MB)
Canada
- Floor Plan (PDF 602 KB)
- As-Built Drawings (Zip 14.7 MB)
Cornell
- Floor Plan (PDF 374 KB)
- As-Built Drawings (Zip 23.0 MB)
Florida Intl
- Floor Plan (PDF 461 KB)
- As-Built Drawings (Zip 25.2 MB)
NYIT
- Floor Plan (PDF 566 KB)
- As-Built Drawings (Zip 13.6 MB)
Pittsburgh
- Floor Plan (PDF 1.6 MB)
- As-Built Drawings (Zip 60.3 MB)
RISD
- Floor Plan (PDF 436 KB)
- As-Built Drawings (Zip 24.5 MB)
Madrid
- Floor Plan (PDF 1.1 MB)
- As-Built Drawings (Zip 91.6 MB)
Puerto Rico
- Floor Plan (PDF 658 KB)
- As-Built Drawings (Zip 24.3 MB)
Colorado
- Floor Plan (PDF 190 KB)
- As-Built Drawings (Zip 39.0 MB)
Michigan
- Floor Plan (PDF 873 KB)
- As-Built Drawings (Zip 90.1 MB)
Missouri Rolla
- Floor Plan (PDF 302 KB)
- As-Built Drawings (Zip 17.7 MB)
Texas
- Floor Plan (PDF 785 KB)
- As-Built Drawings (Zip 81.9 MB)
Virginia Tech
- Floor Plan (PDF 642 KB)
- As-Built Drawings (Zip 31.5 MB)
WSU
- Floor Plan (PDF 479 KB)
- As-Built Drawings (Zip 10.0 MB)