Solar Design Competition
The Challenge Critical Dates Downloads Connect
  • The Design
    Competing teams are challenged to design a building comprising of three connected dwellings; each of the dwellings must have active and passive solar technologies to achieve near-zero energy solutions.
  • The Awards
    Three winning entries, as determined by a peer review judging process, will receive cash prizes of $20,000, $10,000 and $5,000.
  • The Contestants
    The competition is open to individual students or student teams.
  • August 15
  • Registration Opens!
  • September 25
  • Registration payment due
  • October 2
  • Registration Closes, Site URLs submitted
  • October 9 - 16
  • Election Period 1 – 1st round of peer balloting
  • November 20 - 30
  • Election Period 2 – 2nd round of peer balloting
  • January 8 - 15
  • Election Period 3 - final round of peer balloting
  • February 8
  • Announcement of Winners!
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