The Home of the Future The Home of the Future Take a look inside reACT, the University of Maryland team’s entry in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon competition. From October 5–15, 2017, the Solar Decathlon challenges student teams to design and build solar-powered homes. These innovative Terps traveled to Denver to showcase their sustainable, energy-efficient home of the future. Related Articles: DOE Ups Its Investment in UMD to Develop Eco-Friendly Heat Pumps $1.5M in NSF funding secured to improve solar energy conversion systems Al-Obaid, Adomaitis publish renewable energy algorithm in Royal Society of Chemistry journal UMD Solar Decathlon Team Takes 1st Place in the U.S., 2nd Place in the World UMD's reACT Represents at the Smithsonian's Earth Optimism Summit Rubloff Co-Authors Major DoE Report on Emerging Energy Technologies October 5, 2017 Prev Next Current Headlines Sensor Advancement Breaks Barriers in Brain-Behavior Research Reilly Awarded Sloan Foundation Grant for Resilience Research Helping Early-Career Researchers Navigate NSF Cybersecurity Funding Alchemity Among 17 MIPS-Funded University Research Projects MATRIX Faculty to Present at International Conference ECE Alum Sanjoy Paul (Ph.D. ’92) Named Fellow of NAI Professor Cheng Gong Awarded $1M Single-PI Grant from U.S. Navy UMD Battery Research Lab Presents Discoveries in Two Prestigious Nature Journals News Resources Return to Newsroom Search News Archived News Events Resources Events Calendar
