Handyman Insurance A Solar Decathlon house makes waves.
Every few years since 2002, the Solar Decathlon has been staged on the National Mall in Washington, DC, biennially since 2005. Yet the U.S. Department of Energy competition was meant to have impacts well beyond a brief showcase in the nation’s capital. The decathlon ignites whole academic networks, as various college and university teams prepare their entries. And their research moves markets and consumer demand, so that photovoltaics and sustainable building in general becomes more assimilated.