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Solar Decathlon competition begins! Follow Team Canada’s progress in Washington..

Construction of Team Canada’s entry to the Solar Decathlon, the Cenovus TRTL, is now complete and the competition has started!  Team Canada’s unique shape and design set it apart from the competition – the TRTL is the only home on site with a curved solar array.  Here is a great photo of the site with the completed homes:

Solar Decathlon 2011

Credit: Stefano Paltera/U.S. Department of Energy

There is continuous coverage of the competition in many places.  Here are a number of sites that you might find useful for watching Team Canada’s progress and keeping track of them in the standings!

Official and up to date standings: http://www.solardecathlon.gov/scores.html

Team Canada’s blog: http://solardecathlon.ca/latest-news

Team Canada’s twitter feed: http://twitter.com/#!/CenovusTRTL

Nichole’s twitter feed: http://twitter.com/#!/TRTLNichole

Alex’s twitter feed: http://twitter.com/#!/TRTLAlex

The Solar Decathlon Twitter hastag is #SD2011

Live view of Enphase Enlighten solar monitoring for Team Canada’s TRTL: https://enlighten.enphaseenergy.com/public/systems/fxUZ27431

Hopefully the sun starts to shine down in DC!  Best of luck to all of the student’s as they are judged on each of the 10 categories and congratulations for an amazing job done so far!

Lastly, don’t forget to vote for Team Canada in the people’s choice award here: http://www.solardecathlon.gov/poll/pca/pca_register.php