The US Department of Energy Solar Decathlon is an international collegiate competition that for more than two decades has challenged more than 25,000 students to create efficient, affordable ...

You get a bunch of winners, that’s what! In both 2007 and 2009, Santa Clara University competed and took third place overall in the Solar Decathlon—a biennial competition sponsored by the U.S.

The 2009 Solar Decathlon house has 10.8 kW of photovoltaics on its rooftop. The 2007 Solar Decathlon house has 7.3 kW of photovoltaics on its rooftop. SCU is on course to install a smart microgrid, ...

Kitchen and dining area of the Northwestern team’s Enable competition house in Denver. Photo by Dennis Schroeder/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. After nearly a year and a half of planning, ...

The GRoW (Garden, Relax, or Work) Home is a 1.100-square-foot structure and was the University at Buffalo’s groundbreaking and innovative submission to the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2015 Solar ...

Ron has been on the advisory board for the Solar Decathlon projects at CU and supports several activities in engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences at the University. Professionally, he has ...