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: $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 Engineering Students Fabricate Tomorrow’s Solutions Today Alum Returns to Fire Protection Engineering as New Online Program Director Erika Moore Named a 2024 TED Fellow ECE Ph.D. Student Wins UMD 3MT Competition UMD Team Advances in NIST UAS 5.0 Competition, Wins Three Best in Class Awards In Soft Robotics, Instability Can Be a Plus When Vision Fails, a Suit Could Steer Pilots to Safety JC Zhao Named Dean of University of Connecticut College of Engineering News Resources Return to Newsroom Search News Archived News Events Resources Events Calendar