UW students competing in Solar Decathlon for Next-Generation Clean Energy Buildings advance

The University of Wyoming has announced that students from the UW’s College of Engineering and Applied Science are among 23 finalist teams — representing 23 collegiate institutions spanning four countries — in the 2023 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 20th annual Solar Decathlon Build Challenge.

According to UW, From the 23 finalist teams, the UW student team is now among 16 teams that have received approval to proceed with their projects. The teams have been awarded $50,000 in prize funding to build and exhibit their groundbreaking, zero-energy buildings next spring, and they will compete for contest and grand prizes in April 2023. 

Other teams that advanced to the list of 16 are from the University of California-Berkeley, the University of San Francisco, Texas A&M University and Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.

For more information about the UW zero-energy home, call Gardzelewski at (307) 343-0088 or email jongardzelewski@gmail.com.

For more information about the UW Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management, visit www.uwyo.edu/civil.