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September 24, 2007
Welcome to the Weblog for the 2007 Solar Decathlon team at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
ILLINOIS TEAM IN THE NEWS (2007):
Jim Lehrer Report on Oct. 23
CBS “Sunday Morning” on Nov. 4
Daily Illini stories
More than 200 UI students designed, built and contributed to a zero-energy, solar-powered home as part of the 2007 Solar Decathlon competition. The house was on public display on the national mall in Washington, D.C., from Oct. 12-20, 2007, and the UI team competed there against 19 other universities from around the world. The UI team won two of the ten contests and finished ninth overall. Take a look at the 2007 UI team’s Web site at www.comm.uiuc.edu/solardecathlon for details and photos.
Whether you have the chance to visit the house in person or online, please add your comments and questions here. We’d love to hear from you!
IN WASHINGTON: It’s October 4, and the Illinois team has made it to the mall! After a midnight start time on Oct. 2, assembly took the team well into the next morning. As you can see in this photo, the Illinois students are exhausted. Too bad they couldn’t find softer accommodations!
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David Waligora | October 7, 2007 at 9:18 pm
what a hoot that first night was, go Illini
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Bob Kinsey | October 10, 2007 at 9:16 am
I’m so proud of our team. What an incredible effort by a dedicated group of people. Keep up the good work. Go ILLINOIS!
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Lisa Burdin | October 10, 2007 at 1:24 pm
Good Luck Illini! I know you put a lot of work into the house.
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Jill Coverdill | October 12, 2007 at 7:46 am
Northern Michigan/ Traverse City support the Illini team all the way! The house looks awesome!
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michael seymour | October 14, 2007 at 9:13 am
What a great looking house! One of my favorites. I would love to see some more pictures of the system used to set the house up. It sounded very innovative.
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Kirk Foster | October 16, 2007 at 9:09 am
Go Illini! I visited the house this weekend and think you did a fantastic job! It’s a very livable space and the modular design makes for an array of design options. Good luck with the rest of the competition.
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Vincent Carme | October 17, 2007 at 8:30 am
Hi, I’m a student at Bridgewater State College in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. I spent a year at Southern Illinois U. and visited Illinois U. while I was there. My teacher gave us this project to pick a team to win the comp. and I picked your team! I’m excited to see your design and you looked like you’ve worked hard on the project just from looking at the picture above. I wish you luck in the competition, hope to see you continue your success with a victory on the 19th! Go Illini
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Qi Wang | October 17, 2007 at 10:31 pm
Good luck! Go Illini!!!
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Qi Wang | October 19, 2007 at 8:52 am
Congratulations for winning the Market Viability Contest !! Good luck to the rest of the competition!!
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Cindy | October 24, 2007 at 7:53 am
To hear the Lehrer News of Tues. Oct. 23 on PBS TV Solar Home Makeover & download about IL solar house at decathlon go to http://www.pbs.org/newshour/
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Rad Hazelip | December 19, 2007 at 3:35 pm
Congratulations on a very practical and effective integration of materials and technologies. I am very interested to learn more about the polyurethane foam insulation used. Please contact me.