Solar Decathlon and Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Showcase Event
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Every two years, the Department of Solar Decathlon produces a showcase event, called the Solar Decathlon and Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Showcase Event, wherein they challenge up to 20 collegiate teams design, develop, build and operate solar-powered houses that are not only cost-effective, but are also energy-efficient and attractive.

The venue for this showcase event needs to be at least 6 acres, for it will house at least 20 modular homes that are at least 600-1000 square feet in size.

Interested individuals who wish to apply as the hosts of the 2013 Solar Decathlon and Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Showcase Event also need to keep in mind that the area should be available for at least 23-30 days and can house at least 10,000 visitors at any given time.

The EERE will enter into a cooperative agreement with the applicant bearing the most stellar and efficient proposal and will award funds amounting to $1,000,000 to support the project.

Institutions and organizations will be considered eligible to host the event if they are any of the following:

a) institutions of higher education

b) National Laboratories

c) nonprofit and for-profit private entities

d) State and local governments

e) consortia of entities from a to d.

The Department of Energy, the mother agency that is funding the 2013 Solar Decathlon and Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Showcase Event, is the country's leading agency that is responsible for advancing the national, economic, and energy security in the United States of America.



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