Update—Illinois Wins Comfort Zone and Market Viability and in Solar Decathlon Held in Washington DC

On Saturday, November 3, six University of Illinois students, four from industrial design and two from architecture, met Chicago's Mayor Daley and gave him a tour of the UIUC solar house. The tour was part of a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of a Green Resource Center at Chicago's Center for Green Technology. The solar house, named elementhouse, was UIUC's entry to the Solar Decathlon earlier this month, which took place in on the national mall in Washington DC. The house won first in the categories of Comfort Zone and Marketability, and finished ninth overall in the competition.

Last week the house was moved to Chicago and located at the Center for Green Technology where it will be showcased during the Green Build Conference November 7-9. The solar house will remain at the Center of Green Technology until March of 2008 before returning home to the UIUC campus.

The Chicago Center for Green Technology located at 445 North Sacramento Boulevard in Chicago. It is open to the public Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.