Student teams from The University of Minnesota Twin Cities, The Cooper Union, and Ball State among winners of the 2023 Solar Decathlon Design and Build Challenge

Winners of the 2023  Solar Decathlon Design Challenge and Build Challenge, organized by the U.S. Department of Energy, feature a series of student projects that address renewable energy building methods.After celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2022, the Solar Decathlon has hosted over 25,000 students with the aim to foster "the next generation of building professionals to design and build high-performance, low-carbon buildings powered by renewables" For this year's competition, there are 11 finalist teams recognized in the Build Challenge and 55 finalist teams recognized in the Design Challenge.Winning projects for the Build Challenge were selected across ten categories (Architecture, Engineering, Market Analysis, Durability and Resilience, Embodied Environmental Impact, Integrated Peformance, Occupant Experience, Comfort and Environmental Quality, Energy Performance, and Presentation) while the Design Challenge winners were awarded across six building categories (New Housing, Retrofit Housing, Attached Housing, Multifamily Building, Office Building, and Education Building). More information about each competition's winners can be viewed below.[SOLAR DECATHLON DESIGN CHALLENGE GRAND WINNERS]Read the full post on Bustler