Stunning Net-Zero Energy Homes of 2011

The biennial Solar Decathlon finished today and teams will begin the grunt work of taking their homes back or sending them off if the homes were acquired.  As we’ve done in the past, here’s a short roundup of all 19 Solar Decathlon homes for 2011 .  The competition fosters the design, build, and operation of net-zero energy homes that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and attractive.  Maryland won the entire competition, and Appalachian State was given the People’s Choice Award .  Appalachian State University The Solar Homestead — www.thesolarhomestead.com Florida International University perFORM[D]ance House — solardecathlon.fiu.edu Middlebury College Self-Reliance — solardecathlon.middlebury.edu New Zealand: Victoria University of Wellington First Light — www.firstlighthouse.ac.nz The Ohio State University enCORE — solardecathlon.osu.edu Parsons and Stevens Institute of Technology Empowerhouse — parsit.parsons.edu Purdue University INhome — www.purdue.edu/inhome/ SCI-Arc/Caltech CHIP — www.chip2011.com Team Belgium: Ghent University E-Cube — www.solardecathlon.ugent.be Canada: University of Calgary Technological Residence, Traditional Living (TRTL) — www.solardecathlon.ca Team China: Tongji University Y Container — solardecathlon.tongji.edu.cn Team Florida (USF, FSU, UCF, and UF) Flex House — www.flexhouse.org Team Massachusetts (MassArt, Umass Lowell) 4D Home — www.4dhome.us Team New Jersey (Rutgers, NJIT) ENJOY House — www.solarteamnewjersey.com Team New York (The City College of New York) Solar Roofpod — www.ccnysolardecathlon.com Tidewater Virginia (ODU, Hampton U) Unit 6 Unplugged — www.teamtidewaterva.org University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Re_home — www.solardecathlon.illinois.edu University of Maryland WaterShed — 2011.solarteam.org The University of Tennessee Living Light: UT Solar Decathlon House — www.livinglightutk.com [+] Check out the Solar Decathlon 2011 models . [+] Check out the Solar Decathlon 2011 renderings . *University of Hawaii has withdrawn from competition.

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Stunning Net-Zero Energy Homes of 2011