« back to Article

Students endure the final home stretch at the U.S. Solar Decathlon 2015

The competing teams pose for a group shot on opening day of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. (Credit: Thomas Kelsey/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)

Exterior of the Clemson University house at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2015 at the Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California (Credit: Thomas Kelsey/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)

Allie Beck (right) speaks to students on the porch of Clemson University at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon at the Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California, Oct. 15. (Credit: Thomas Kelsey/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)

Exterior of the University of California, Irvine; Chapman University; Irvine Valley College; and Saddleback College house at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2015 at the Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California (Credit: Thomas Kelsey/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)

Exterior of the University of California, Irvine; Chapman University; Irvine Valley College; and Saddleback College house at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2015 at the Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California. Photo: Justine Testado

The 'GRoW Home' designed by the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. Photo: Justine Testado.

nterior of the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2015 at the Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California (Credit: Thomas Kelsey/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)

SURE House by Stevens Institute of Technology. Photo via SURE House Facebook page.

Interior of the SURE House by Stevens Institute of Technology. Photo: Justine Testado

Students tour State University of New York at Alfred College of Technology and Alfred University at the Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California (Credit: Thomas Kelsey/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)

Visitors wait to enter the 'Alf House', designed by Team NY Alfred (State University of New York at Alfred College of Technology and Alfred University). Photo: Justine Testado

Education Days students tour the University of Texas at Austin and Technische Universitaet Muenchen house at the Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California, Oct. 15, 2015 (Credit: Thomas Kelsey/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)

Interior of The University of Texas at Austin and Technische Universitaet Muenchen at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2015 at the Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California (Credit: Thomas Kelsey/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)

Sixth-grade students from the Watts Learning Center in Los Angeles line up to tour Crowder College and Drury University during the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon at the Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California, Friday, Oct. 9, 2015. (Credit: Thomas Kelsey/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)

Sixth-grade students from the Watts Learning Center in Los Angeles line up to tour Crowder College and Drury University during the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon at the Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California, Friday, Oct. 9, 2015. (Credit: Thomas Kelsey/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)

Team members from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, kick up their heels during a team cheer at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon at the Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California, Monday, Oct. 12, 2015. (Credit: Richard King/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)

Interior of the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, house at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2015 at the Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California (Credit: Thomas Kelsey/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)

Exterior of the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, house at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2015 at the Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California (Credit: Thomas Kelsey/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)

Exterior of the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, house at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2015 at the Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California (Credit: Thomas Kelsey/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)

The 'GRoW Home' designed by the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. Photo: Justine Testado.

The "GRoW Home" designed by the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. Photo: Justine Testado.