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:
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