The UNC Charlotte Solar Decathlon 2013 team recently celebrated the completion of its competition house “UrbanEden” with a media preview and open house. The events, which attracted a large crowd, took place at UrbanEden’s construction site at the University’s Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC).
UNC Charlotte is one of 20 academic teams chosen to participate in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013, an international competition that challenges participants to design, build and operate fully solar-powered houses. The competition will be held in Irvine, Calif., Oct. 3-13.
The UNC Charlotte team will dismantle UrbanEden in early September for transport to California, where it will be rebuilt in a 10-day period.
Details about the house and the competition are on the Web.
The UNC Charlotte team is comprised of faculty and students from the School of Architecture, William States Lee College of Engineering and Belk College of Business. Work began on the design of UrbanEden in October 2011; construction began in March 2013.