Going to the Solar Decathalon!
Posted on | October 15, 2009 | No Comments
Happy Blog Action Day! The theme of Blog Action Day this year is “climate change”, which is pretty easy for me to tackle since I think about climate change a lot. As I write this I’m on my way to PDX to travel to Washington, DC to visit the Solar Decathalon. For those of you who are unfamiliar, the Solar D is a competition sponsored by the Department of Energy and open to teams of university students who raise money for, design, and construct solar-powered houses. They then transport the houses to the National Mall where they build them and compete for two weeks against other teams from the US and the world in a series of 10 competitions – thus the Decathalon.
But what does this have to do with climate change? Well that’s easy: designing and showcasing solar houses is a great way to promote renewable energy, which reduces our dependence on fossil fuels, which means less carbon emissions, which means slowing down climate change. And the DOE has been holding this competition for a while now, so the idea of promoting renewable energy in homes is not exactly new to the Federal Government. But how can we make this information more valuable directly to homeowners? Slowing down or reversing climate change is a complex task and homeowners could be a key factor in the process by both reducing energy consumption and using more renewable power at home.
…And one way to learn is by staying tuned to my blog and reading more about the Solar Decathalon! So stay tuned!
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