Sentences with phrase «decathlon student»

Chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to compete in the annual Solar Decathlon student competition, Sacramento...

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Not exact matches

Statewide, more than 5,000 students were expected to be involved in the decathlon competition this year.

Whether he is eligible or not, Toomey keeps working out, just in case, and he is still a keen student of the decathlon, so he encourages everyone to join him.

That's because the arrays will also allow Butte students to get real world training for the green jobs of tomorrow, much like the semiannual Solar Decathlon, which pits students from schools around the country against each other to design and build solar - powered houses.

Students from John Marshall High School in Los Angeles — where 80 percent of those enrolled learn English as a second language — won the sixth annual U.S. Academic Decathlon last week in Dallas.

As someone who has coached our school's Academic Decathlon team for over 10 years, I've long understood the value of public speaking for students.

Students from another L.A. area school, Granada Hills Charter, traveled to our Nation's Capital, where they met with top education and local leaders to celebrate their recent National Decathlon Championship.

Home of the National Academic Decathlon champions for 8 of the last 10 years, LAUSD is no stranger to success in the annual academic competition for high school students.

Losing out was Granada Hills Charter High School, a high performer that just won the state's Academic Decathlon and has a waiting list of about 2,000 students.

Photos by Michelle Kaufmann Over 4,000 students from around the world have their solar - powered homes on display for this year's Solar Decathlon.

This 2011 Solar Decathlon is currently on display at the National Mall's West Potomac Park, featuring solar - powered innovations from over 4,000 students.

It was designed by students at the New School and Stevens Institute of Technology as part of a Solar Decathlon design competition, which partnered with the D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development.

The team believes that, through exploration and practice, students can acquire valuable learning experience in sustainable design.Moreover, Solar Decathlon Middle East represents an opportunity to develop, apply and demonstrate their innovation and technical knowledge in sustainable and self - sufficient building and to promote technology transfer towards the construction industries.

The first team from the Czech Republic to enter the Solar Decathlon is Team CTU, made up of 26 students who set their sights on designing and building a prototype for future housing while raising awareness of solar energy, energy efficiency, and Czech architecture and engineering.

After Chameleon House returns to Missouri, it will help to raise awareness of solar energy in the state by being available for tours and research opportunities in the Solar Village, where previous Solar Decathlon entries from 2002, 2005, 2007, and 2009 serve as outreach assets and student housing.

Speaking to pre-engineering students in a 90 - minute session, Team Maryland shared their WaterShed experiences and what skills they had acquired in high school that helped them work on the Solar Decathlon.

This event exposed area professionals to WaterShed's ideas and challenged the student team to clearly articulate their ideas about their Solar Decathlon entry.

Godine managed the 2011 Solar Decathlon team while a student at Middlebury College, a role that encouraged the study of small, unconventional residential spaces.

Students in the course were invited to learn more about WaterShed and become Solar Decathlon tour guides.

Starting in April, Team Maryland has carried on the legacy of the University of Maryland's Solar Decathlon 2007 entry LEAFHouse by regularly providing tours and information to students on campus.

The U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon is a biennial competition challenging 20 student teams from universities around the world to design and build houses powered entirely by the sun.

Speaking to students in the school's Environmental Club, Team Maryland shared their WaterShed experiences and what skills they had acquired in high school that helped them work on the Solar Decathlon.

Fourteen teams of architecture and engineering students from universities nationwide had arrived in Washington, D.C., for the Solar Decathlon, a Department of Energy - sponsored competition to build the ultimate solar - powered home of the future — sophisticated in design, super-efficient, and capable of generating enough solar electricity to meet the demands of a mainstream, energy - lavish lifestyle.

Since ground broke on the Start.Home, the students who are designing and building the Stanford University entry in the 2013 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon have been learning their way around the construction site from five Carpenters Union instructors.

The Solar Decathlon, a design competition for college students, is one of the many programs supported by the Department of Energy.

The team of student architects and engineers from Purdue appears to have chosen a solid strategy, as their pointedly suburban INhome has jumped into the top three in the first few days of the biennial Solar Decathlon competition.

The Solar Decathlon encourages students to incorporate energy efficiency and clean energy into their future professional projects and personal lives.