Solar Decathlon Content

THE DOWNLOAD: Student-Created Plays, Solar House, Tweets

Cody Kitaura — January 09, 2018 - 12:00pm

International students are expressing more of their own culture at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis through a new club, the Davis Chinese Theater and Comedy Club. Learn how it got started and how it's benefiting in the above video.

THE DOWNLOAD: Clinton, H2Ouse, Eggs

Cody Kitaura — October 10, 2017 - 10:00am

Hillary Clinton's book tour for her retrospective on the 2016 election, What Happened, included just one California stop: at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Monday night (Oct. 9).

THE DOWNLOAD: Sun Power & Stars, Small Screen & Big Screen

Cody Kitaura — September 12, 2017 - 9:00am

Members of 51�ԹϺ�� Davis’ Solar Decathlon Team, the Blue Mustangs, are bringing their “Our H2Ouse” (pronounced “Our House”) design to Denver this week for the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2017 Solar Decathlon competition. Beginning Sept. 23, the team will compete alongside 12 schools.

THE DOWNLOAD: Day in the Life, Gymnastics, Vet Med

Cody Kitaura — April 04, 2017 - 9:00am

What's a normal day for a student majoring in sustainable environmental design and working on the team competing in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon? Warwin C. Davis explains in the above video.

NEWS BRIEFS: Help Harvest a Field, Help Yolo Food Bank

Dave Jones — January 26, 2016 - 12:00pm

Volunteers are being sought to help with a campus harvest that will benefit the Yolo Food Bank. The harvest is scheduled from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Friday (Jan. 29) in a student-planted, educational-use field just west of the Student Farm.

The project is being organized by the 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Arboretum and Public Garden’s Learning by Leading team, comprising student interns in edible landscaping.

51�ԹϺ�� Davis to Compete in 2017 Solar Decathlon

Katherine E Kerlin — January 21, 2016 - 1:26pm

51�ԹϺ�� Davis students will again compete in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon in 2017, the federal agency announced today.

The 51�ԹϺ�� Davis team took home a first place win for affordability and commuting at the 2015 Decathlon held in Irvine this past October, where Team Aggie Sol showcased its zero net energy house designed for farmworkers.

Solar home takes 1st in affordability

IET WebDev — October 20, 2015 - 12:00am

Team Aggie Sol set out in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon to show that zero-net energy construction can be affordable. The team succeeded, tying for first place in the competition’s affordability contest.

Team Aggie Sol also tied for first in the commuting contest, in which the decathlon called for each participating to use its home’s electric system to charge an electric vehicle, and drive it — shooting for a distance of 25 miles or more in two hours or less eight times during the week of the competition.

Designing a Solar Home for Farmworkers

Robyn Frances Huey — October 09, 2014 - 8:00am

When a team of 51�ԹϺ�� Davis students packs up its house and travels to Irvine next year for the U.S.