The U.S Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is the primary sponsor of the Solar Decathlon.

Comfort Zone

(100 points)

The Solar Decathlon teams design their houses to remain a steady, uniform, comfortable temperature and humidity throughout. Full points for this contest are awarded for maintaining narrow temperature (72°F/22.2°C - 76°F/24.4°C) and relative humidity (40% - 55%) ranges inside the houses.

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Photo of two people examining equipment in a home.

Decathlon's Instrumentation team takes temperature and humidity readings for the Comfort Zone Contest in 2005.