Solar Decathlon: Building a Renewable Future [Paperback]

1. Call to Action 2. Competitions as Motivators and Educational Tools 3. Moving Mountains to Carry the Torch 4. The Dream Unfolds 5. Expectations Surpassed 6. Europeans Take Up the Charge 7. Newfound Momentum 8. International Expansion 9. The Multiplier Effect

This book is an inspirational story about how an unusual idea got started, hit the ground running, and took flight. Solar Decathlon (SD) was created in response to the need for innovative solutions to address a global problem: fossil-fuel dependence as a contributing factor in climate change.

This book is an inspirational story about how an idea got started, hit the ground running, and took flight. Solar Decathlon (SD) was a response to the need for innovative solutions to address a global problemclimate change. Richard King believed a collegiate competition that encouraged creative ingenuity could help transform traditional ways of designing and building houses. His idea was to motivate students to work together to craft unique sustainable, net-zero energy dwellings. Competing teams would display their prototypes in a single location as an educational showcase to the public. Following the inaugural competition and recurring events in Washington, DC, SD spread to multiple locations around the world. This historical narrative with stunning photos is a comprehensive source of information about the inception, development, and growth of Solar Decathlon.

?Once in a while, there are events that take place in the world, amongst all the other events of our everyday lives, that change us completely. These events introduce new visions for the future that change both those involved in the making of the event, as well as those who have the privilege of participating in what the event presents to the world. This is unequivocally the case for the Solar Decathlon. The book you have in your hands right now gives access to what I can only refer to as theló*