UC Davis Solar Decathlon 2015 "Aggie-Sol"

10/23/2015

Home sweet home! Thanks to our awesome team for the successful competition and safely getting our home to Irvine, assembled, completed, disassembled and now back home!

10/19/2015

Deconstruction has begun!

10/18/2015

Big thanks to the DOE and NREL for this great competition! In particular Joe Simon for always being a point person for the teams throughout the competition! One last day of tours, and then we're ready to deconstruct and come home!

10/17/2015

Congratulations to Team Aggie Sol for winning 1st place Affordability, 3rd place for Energy Balance, and 4th place in Architecture!

Overall, our team proved that Aggies stand strong and always shine through! Thank you for all the wonderful support and love from our sponsors, faculty, family, and friends!

Please come visit the Aggie Sol in the last two days of public tours to see our beautiful home!

10/17/2015

After waiting in anticipation, the final results for the competition were released this morning!

Congratulations to all the teams here for working so hard to progress ZNE housing and bringing a brighter and more sustainable future to our planet.

10/17/2015

We are thrilled to be meeting a lot of our sponsors and alumni this evening, after our celebration We are headed over to showcase the house!

10/16/2015

Lots of great tours going on today in Irvine!!

10/15/2015

The affordability contest was one of the key contests Team Aggie Sol focused on and the results are in.... WE TIED FOR FIRST PLACE! The Aggie Sol House came in at an estimated $249,312 for a 2 bedroom, 1 bath (+mud room) ZNE house!

We are also proud to say we've worked with a few large home builders and with a few tweaks we know we could shave at least another $50k off the house cost! If you ask us, that's a pretty cheap designer sustainable house!

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon challenges 20 collegiate teams to design, build, and operate solar-powered houses that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and attractive. The winner of the competition is the team that best blends affordability, consumer appeal, and design excellence…

10/14/2015

Help Team Aggie Sol win! Please share and help us by liking the Aggie Sol house as your favorite Solar Decathlon House of 2015! http://energy.gov/solar-decathlon/aggie-sol

The University of California, Davis, has strong pedigrees in both sustainable projects and agricultural research. So even though 2015 marks the school’s first, the team has drawn from a tradition of innovation and pride in its identity to create its entry “Aggie Sol.”

10/14/2015

If you've walked through our house you will have seen our beam detail at the mod line - but what you did not see what the LED mood lighting tucked in there. Yesterday our team members were having fun playing with all the different color options!

10/13/2015

Thank you to our SD and real life causeway neighbors Sacramento State Solar NEST home for hosting a great dinner party! Our team members really enjoyed their meal and the opportunity to experience the Solar Nest home first hand! Go NorCal teams!

California State University, Sacramento, hosts decathletes from neighboring houses for a dinner party as part of the Home Life Contest at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon at the Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. (Credit: Joe Simon/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)

10/12/2015

Thank you to our sponsor for loaning us this spectacular Honda Fit EV for our commuting competition!

Mark Conger, right, an observer volunteer, notes the odometer reading after University of California, Davis, decathlete Ben White logged 25.2 miles for the Commuting Contest at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon at the Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015. (Credit: Carol Laurie/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)