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 UMD Joins $50M Sodium-Ion Battery Innovation Partnership Celebrating Five Years of Innovation at CEEE’s Daikin Lab Project Embraces Tribal History With Modern Technology Former Chair of Materials Science and Engineering To Retire from the University Sophomore in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Heads to NCAA Cross Country Championship Eminent Scholar in Metallurgy To Join Clark School as Distinguished Chair UMD Joins Sodium-Ion Battery Alliance for Renewable Grid Energy Storage Biocomputational Engineering Program at UMD Earns ABET Accreditation News Resources Return to Newsroom Search News Archived News Events Resources Events Calendar
