Beausoleil Solar Home

[moorecajun]

_ FYI: The BeauSoleil house is currently in 5th place. _

The top 5 scoring is very close, less than 1 point difference between them.

[Shammy]

Did I read it right. UL is fifth overall but second out of actual colleges?
igeaux.mobi

[keithj]

_ Did I read it right. UL is fifth overall but second out of actual colleges?
igeaux.mobi _

So far, seems that way.

[CAJUN_LXA685]

I just checked the website and it has us (University of Louisiana) as 4th

[Cajun90]

Did I read it right. UL is fifth overall but second out of actual colleges?
igeaux.mobi

Only Universities are entered. A few of the teams have more than one school involved.

[MetryCajun]

Just looked at the BeauSoleil wesbite and facebook page. Win or lose this is a real feather in the cap for UL. Well Done!!!!

[NewsCopy]

UL's BeauSoleil Solar Home is ranked fourth in the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon competition in Washington, D.C.

Judging began Thursday and will conclude when the winner is announced next Friday. On Friday, the team was judged in the areas of market viability, architecture and communications.

"I think it went really well. We felt we were strong in all three of these categories," said Geoff Gjertson, faculty adviser for Team BeauSoleil, in a news release.


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[NewsCopy]

  The decathlon trains building professionals to help move solar technology forward.

WASHINGTON — A tidy village dedicated to the future of green, solar-powered living has taken over the heart of the National Mall, where 20 teams of college students are vying to see who can build the most appealing energy-efficient home.

The teams, from universities in North America and Europe, are competing in the Department of Energy's biennial Solar Decathlon, which runs through Oct. 18. The challenge: design and build a prototype house that can provide the comforts of home while generating all the energy residents need from the sun's rays. Teams get bonus points if they can produce surplus electricity and sell it back to the power company.

The transformation began Sept. 30, when the first flatbed trucks carrying building modules rolled onto the Mall across from the Smithsonian Castle.

Student-led teams, backed by professional builders, suppliers and advisers, turned the Mall into a feverish construction site from early morning until late each evening. They built sleek pyramids, rusty silos, reclaimed-water gardens, glassy boxes and shaded porches.

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By ELIZABETH RAZZI, Special to The Washington Post

[BabbForHeisman]

So now it looks like we are ranked 14th. Every other school has a point value for Hot Water, but we don't. Does that mean we don't have hot water?

[RaginCajun77]

Could be we weren't judged in that category yet. Or we don't have hot water...

[Turbine]

So what's the prob?

In Louisiana room temp is hot water

[trd1282]

We had sufficient hot water in terms of temperature and supply, the problem was that we fell just short of the required line pressure. Hot water will be judged again so we will have time to attempt a fix, and make up some points to close the gap.