Solar Decathlon Kickoff Webinar, plus NEW Mentor Opportunities
2024 Design Challenge
Join the Kickoff Webinar for the 2025 Design Challenge on Sept. 10
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® 2025 Design Challenge is open for registration!
Interested in designing buildings that better serve your community? Join the Kickoff Webinar on Sept. 10 at 12 p.m. ET to learn about the changes to the competition for this year, including division changes and the new “Innovative Retrofit Project” and “Innovative Equity Project” awards. The webinar will be geared towards interested students and faculty members.
Be sure to register your team for the 2025 Design Challenge no later than Oct. 23 to be able to participate. Questions? Email SDDesign@nrel.gov.
New Mentor Opportunities
Two Volunteer Mentor Tracks Available
There are now two mentorship opportunities for buildings industry professionals and Solar Decathlon alumni to connect with current Decathletes.
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Alumni Mentors: Solar Decathlon alumni from any year and challenge type can volunteer to be paired with a competing team as an Alumni Mentor.
- Mentors provide one-on-one support to a team throughout the competition period, which may include technical or nontechnical review and feedback on project direction, deliverables, and presentations.
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Technical Advisors: Any industry professional, regardless of previous Solar Decathlon experience, can volunteer to be a Technical Advisor on a specific topic.
- Technical Advisors provide limited, one-on-one support to multiple teams for questions in a specific technical topic area. Technical Advisors are available to all teams, and teams will request support directly.
- Technical Advisors are needed for architecture, mechanical engineering, energy modeling, renewables integration, building enclosure, cost analysis, life-cycle analysis, and more.
- Serving as a Technical Advisor is expected to be a lesser time commitment than serving as an Alumni Mentor.
- Interested in either mentorship option? Please fill out the Mentor and Technical Advisor Sign-Up Form by Oct. 23, 2024.
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