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Cornell University Solar Decathlon: Learning through practice

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Abstract

The Solar Decathlon brings together college and university teams from around the globe to compete to design and build houses that demonstrate the advantages of solar energy by showing how we can live in comfort in energy-efficient, solar-powered homes. The solar homes serve to demonstrate new, environmentally sound, and cost-effective technologies to meet modern energy demands using only the solar energy incident to the house as the sole source of energy In the Fall of 2002, 14 teams from across the United States and Puerto Rico came together to participate in the competition in Washington, D.C. In the Fall of 2005, 18 teams from around the world will participate again in the competition. This paper describes how the student led team at Cornell University has organized its project team, how interdisciplinary teams at Cornell have worked together to solve issues of design and construction, and how the Solar Decathlon pedagogical model challenges students to learn skills normally outside the scope of the traditional architecture and engineering curriculum.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Solar World Congress 2005
Subtitle of host publicationBringing Water to the World, Including Proceedings of 34th ASES Annual Conference and Proceedings of 30th National Passive Solar Conference
Pages2437-2442
Number of pages6
StatePublished - 2005
EventSolar World Congress 2005: Bringing Water to the World, Including 34th ASES Annual Conference and 30th National Passive Solar Conference - Orlando, FL, United States
Duration: Aug 6 2005Aug 12 2005

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Solar World Congress 2005: Bringing Water to the World, Including Proceedings of 34th ASES Annual Conference and Proceedings of 30th National Passive Solar Conference
Volume4

Conference

ConferenceSolar World Congress 2005: Bringing Water to the World, Including 34th ASES Annual Conference and 30th National Passive Solar Conference
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando, FL
Period08/6/0508/12/05

Keywords

  • Cornell University
  • Interdisciplinary learning
  • Solar Decathlon

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