June 29, 2011

"A group of students from Rutgers and the New Jersey Institute of Technology will build a 1,000-square-foot house in July, only to see it torn down and hauled away in September. But there’s an energy-saving method to their apparent madness: The house is Team New Jersey’s entry into the prestigious 2011 Solar Decathlon, and its ultimate destination is between the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials on the National Mall in Washington, where it will be reconstructed for public display.  Every two years since 2002, the U.S. Department of Energy has sponsored the international competition, challenging academic teams to devise projects to reduce the country’s dependence on fossil fuels and to move toward a clean-energy economy.  Ninety-two collegiate teams have participated since the event’s inception."

http://news.rutgers.edu/medrel/special-content/summer-2011/rutgers-forecast-sun-20110629