Resource Furniture Sponsors Solar Decathlon

August 28, 2015  by in Green, Industry   

In this year’s competition, from Oct. 8-18 in Orange County Great Park in Irvine, Calif., homes designed and built by 14 finalist teams are selected from around the world. The teams spend more than two years planning, proposing and executing their homes and once in Irvine, the homes will be judged on a range of factors including comfort, market appeal, energy efficiency and affordability.

The winning team will have successfully balanced energy production and consumption with an efficient, well-designed home. Half of the competing homes will feature efficient transforming furniture made in Italy by Clei, distributed exclusively in North America by Resource Furniture.

The goals of the Solar Decathlon align with those of Resource Furniture—to support, promote and educate people about sustainable and efficient living solutions.

According to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, North American homes, offices and other buildings contribute more than one third of the continent’s greenhouse gases, proving the need for the housing solutions designed by Solar Decathlon participants. By challenging students internationally to think critically about how we live, this competition is providing up-and-coming scientists, engineers and architects with hands-on experience in designing our future.

“After the success and excitement surrounding the award-winning teams we sponsored in 2013 and in Solar Decathlon Europe in 2014, increasing our participation this year seemed simply essential,” said Ron Barth, president of Resource Furniture. “Attendees are now looking to spot Resource Furniture’s innovations when touring these amazing homes. We are proud to support this competition that fosters a real-world, practical, affordable approach that can be applied right now to housing solutions and promotes the values we have held for many years.”

Resource Furniture and Clei solutions will appear in homes from international teams including Alfred University and State University of New York at Alfred College of Technology; California Polytechnic State University; Crowder College and Drury University; New York City College of Technology; Stevens Institute of Technology; The University of Texas at Austin; and Western New England University, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, and Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana.