Cornell Students To Build Fully Solar-Powered Home
ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell University students who are part of the Cornell Solar Decathlon team are gearing up for the 2005 Solar Decathlon Competition. The team is designing and constructing an energy-efficient, entirely solar-powered home. The competition, which is scheduled to take place in the fall of 2005, will feature homes constructed by groups from 19 different colleges and will designate winners in several areas ranging from architecture and livability to heating-cooling efficiency and electrical capacity.
"The competition has very strict rules," student Jesse Stolow told The Cornell Daily Sun. "For instance, we have to stay within four degrees Fahrenheit of a certain temperature."