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萨克拉门托 State, competing in its first Solar Decathlon – and going up against schools with more experience and deeper pockets – finished 10th overall in the biennial event that wrapped up Sunday in Irvine.
美国能源部（DOE）向来自世界各地的20个大学团队发起挑战，要求他们设计、建造和运营价格合理、可持续、吸引人的太阳能模块化住宅。 参赛队伍分为10个类别，每个类别满分100分。
美国能源部收到了140份2015年太阳能十项全能竞赛的申请，并于2014年2月宣布了20所学院和大学将参加竞争。 Six schools – including Yale, Stanford, and Vanderbilt – had funding problems and withdrew well before the decathlon got underway Oct. 8 at the Orange County Great Park.
囊状态’s Team Solar NEST was perfect in the Commuting contest, which required teams to take eight trips in their electric car, driving at least 25 miles in two hours or less. Solar NEST在其他几项竞赛中也取得了令人印象深刻的成绩：家电，97.6分； 家居生活，93.5分； 可承受性,92.7; 《市场吸引力》，90页。 萨克州立大学（囊状态）以其现代风格的“反射之家”（Reflect Home）在建筑学方面与其他三家并列第六。
Solar NEST struggled to maintain equity between energy production and consumption, ending up with the competition’s lowest Energy Balance score.
“We set out two years ago with a lofty goal and very specific objectives, and I couldn’t be more proud of the results,” says Mikael Anderson, professor and chair of the Department of Construction Management. “The students and faculty who responded to our call made this project possible. 特别感谢纳尔逊校长和80多位捐助者，他们挺身而出，对我们有信心，相信我们可以建造这个令人惊叹的家园。
“Our team is proud to have completed this journey.”
囊状态’s team was made up of about 80 students and alumni from Construction Management, Mechanical Engineering, Interior Architecture, and Communication Studies. 建筑管理领导了这个为期近两年的项目，CM教授Gareth Figgess是团队的首席指导老师和实践施工经理。 团队在构建过程中遇到了一些挑战，主要是由于缺乏资金和日常人力。
“So many times, it would have been easy and maybe wise to throw in the towel,” Figgess says. “But every time we got to that point, something good would happen, somebody would come along. I'm proud of what the team accomplished, and we're happy to walk away knowing we left nothing on the table.”
The Reflect Home, a 997-square-foot, two-bedroom dwelling with stunning indoor and outdoor living spaces, is the result of a competition among students in Professor Shelly Duff’s upper-level Interior Design Studio III course in Spring 2014. It was designed with 萨克拉门托’s seemingly endless sunshine and Mediterranean-like climate in mind.
学生和他们的指导老师在校园里建造了“反射之家”，然后将其拆除并用卡车运送到太阳能十项全能项目现场。
Mechanical Engineering students, under the guidance of Professor Rustin Vogt, designed and fabricated two of the home’s unique features: a rainwater collection system and waterfall, and a series of translucent panels that provide photovoltaic power while allowing natural light to stream onto the patio. The home’s finishes are top-notch, including clear-cedar exterior siding that continues indoors.
史蒂文斯理工学院是2015年太阳能十项全能竞赛的总冠军，其住宅设计可以抵御飓风和洪水。 This was Stevens’ third consecutive decathlon. 获得第八名的密苏里科技大学（Missouri University of Science and Technology）自2002年以来已经参加了七场十项全能比赛中的六场。
加州理工学院排名第三，是美国能源部选择的另一所博彩平台校园。 加州大学戴维斯分校以25万美元的农场工人住房排名第七，并列第一。 UC Davis had a fundraising goal of $1 million, according to the 萨克拉门托蜜蜂. 据报道，一个团队从其所在大学获得了200万美元的支持。 囊状态’s fundraising goal was $450,000 in cash and in-kind contributions, which was the lowest budget in the competition.
“反射之家”本周将被拆除，并将用卡车运回萨克拉门托。 它将被安置在萨克州立大学的一块土地上，在50号公路的标志下，在校园的南端。 It will be open to the campus community – and the greater 萨克拉门托 community – by early 2016 at the latest. – 迪克西•里德