Post-conference —
Elementhouse is in Chicago!

The Illinois Solar Decathlon team was excited to have its house featured as a tour highlight for attendees of the international Greenbuild conference in Chicago, Nov. 7-9, and for the next several months, the house remains at the Chicago Center for Green Technology (CCGT), at 445 N. Sacramento Blvd.
        If you're in the area this spring or summer, stop by the Center and visit Illinois' elementhouse.

The Solar Decathlon was also featured on "CBS Sunday Morning," Nov. 4
If you look carefully, you'll see elementhouse and Illinois decathletes in this CBS News video.

The team blog is at sd07illinois.wordpress.com/

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign won two of the ten Solar Decathlon contests in October 2007. Elementhouse, Illinois' student-built solar-powered house competed with entries from 19 other universities from around the world on the national mall in Washington, D.C., Oct. 2-20. Illinois earned top honors in the Market Viability and Comfort Zone contests and placed ninth overall.

Taking first place was the Technological University of Darmstadt, Germany. The University of Maryland earned second place, and Santa Clara (Calif. ) University took home third. The winners were announced Oct. 19 in D.C.

Illinois in pictures

Illinois' elementhouse is the first fully visible house on the right. (Note the capitol in the background.) This gives an idea of the number of visitors touring the solar houses on the national mall in Washington, D.C. The photo was taken on Oct. 20, the last day the "solar village" was open for public tours.

Photo by Kaye Evans-Lutterodt.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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