2024-12-04T04:32:48-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/139315335/2015-solar-decathlon-winner-stevens-institute-of-technology-addresses-post-sandy-resiliency-with-the-sure-house Justine Testado 2015-10-19T14:13:00-04:00 >2022-06-16T07:31:07-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/yc/ycwvisllx070xjl1.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The <a href="http://archinect.com/schools/cover/20461688/stevens-institute-of-technology" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stevens Institute of Technology</a> of Hoboken, New Jersey won the <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/403766/2015-solar-decathlon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2015 Solar Decathlon</a> with their storm-resilient SURE HOUSE this past weekend. One of the crowd favorites in this year's competition, the SURE HOUSE scored the highest in seven out of the 10 contests, which put the team in the lead with a final score of 950.685 points out of a possible 1,000. Along with more than a dozen U.S. and international teams, Team Stevens spent two years designing and planning the SURE House, and constructed it from the ground up in just nine days before the competition began on October 8.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/e1/e1hc7pispawlu5v2.jpg"><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/j4/j4vvylbmmegnpgba.jpg"><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/o0/o0tkl0b86m4yir6k.jpg"></p><p>After witnessing&nbsp;&mdash; and even personally experiencing&nbsp;&mdash; the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the Stevens team based their concept of the SURE HOUSE on storm resilience that balances energy efficiency. Built with fiber-composite materials repurposed from the boad-building industry, perhaps the standout element of the house is the bi-folding storm shutters, which are wrapped with fiberglass and made of a composite f...</p>