CU Solar Home To Be Loaded For Cross-Country Trip On Sept. 14
University of Colorado students will oversee the dismantling of their 800-square-foot solar home on Saturday, Sept. 14, for transportation to the Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon contest in ¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½, D.C.
A crane will lift the home in seven pieces onto three waiting flatbed trucks starting at about 10 a.m. and continuing until at least 2 p.m. The home has been under construction for the last two months in the parking lot of the Home Depot store at 1200 Dillon Road, Louisville.
The Solar Decathlon is a competition among 14 universities to design and build the best solar-powered home. The contest will take place on the National Mall in ¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½, D.C., from Sept. 26 to Oct. 5.
The CU Solar Decathlon team involves students in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at CU-Boulder and the College of Architecture and Planning at CU-Denver.
For more information, call Matthew Henry, on-site project manager and team leader at (720) 351-6288, or Carol Rowe, director of communications for the CU-Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science at (303) 492-7426.
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