[Federal Register: June 21, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 120)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Golden Field Office; Request for Sponsorship and Support for the
2002 Solar Decathlon
AGENCY: Golden Field Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of request for sponsorship and support for the 2002
Solar Decathlon.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is announcing its
intention to conduct a 2002 Solar Decathlon and is soliciting letters
of interest from potential co-sponsor(s) and supporters for this
inaugural event. The Solar Decathlon is an intercollegiate competition
to design and construct energy-efficient and aesthetically pleasing
21st-century homes that use solar energy.
The contest focuses on designing a place to live and work that
obtains all of its energy from the sun. Each university team will
participate in ten contests that measure the students' ability to
design and build homes that collect, store, and effectively use this
clean energy (e.g., heating, cooling, lighting, communications,
transportation). The Solar Decathlon winner will be the team that
demonstrates the most effective balance of energy production and
consumption in these ten events during the weeklong competition.
This historic event will be held on the National Mall in
Washington, DC, during late summer or early fall 2002. For seven days,
solar decathletes will transform the Mall from a pedestrian
thoroughfare to a bustling community of energy-efficient, completely
solar-powered homes. Each solar house will be a visual showcase of
architectural expression and engineering excellence designed and built
by creative students from some of the country's preeminent colleges and
universities. Each team will test its ability to effectively use the
collected solar energy to heat, cool, refrigerate, light, communicate,
and transport. The Department's goal is to build the event into an
energy and housing ``World Fair''.
DATES: Letters of interest are requested by August 16, 2000.
ADDRESSES: Copies of this announcement can be obtained from the Golden
Field Office home page at http://www.eren.doe.gov/golden/
solicitations.html. Letters of interest, clearly marked ``2002 Solar
Decathlon,'' should be submitted in writing to Ruth E. Adams, DOE
Golden Field Office, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401-3393;
transmitted via facsimile to Ruth E. Adams at 303-275-4788; or sent
electronically to ruth_adams@nrel.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Interested parties should contact Ann
Worley at 303-275-4700 or ann_worley@nrel.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under this announcement, DOE is declaring
its intention to conduct a 2002 Solar Decathlon and is soliciting
interested parties to co-sponsor or support this solar competition.
DOE's goals for conducting the Solar Decathlon are to promote and
celebrate the creativity and talent of students from a full range of
academic disciplines and to support public awareness and enthusiasm for
energy efficiency and renewable energy. DOE's financial support is
expected to be $1 million for planning, managing, conducting, and
promoting the event.
DOE is requesting expressions of interest from parties interested
in co-sponsoring or supporting the Solar Decathlon. Event sponsor(s) or
supporters will help to promote clean energy for the 21st century,
while celebrating educational excellence and the possibilities for
integrating these technologies into our homes and lives. Sponsor(s) and
supporters would include those organizations willing to commit cash or
contributions of equipment, supplies, or services to the event.
Sponsor(s) would be those providing substantive funds or resources
to the event, whereas supporters would be those making contributions,
but not to the level necessary to co-sponsor the event. Specific areas
of interest include programming support (e.g., public broadcasting,
media coverage, Internet coverage), donations of equipment or supplies
for the event or each participating team (e.g., building materials or
supplies, appliances, computers, solar equipment), services (e.g.,
public outreach, infrastructure support), or funding to supplement that
being provided by DOE.
Letters of interest should include the following: (1) Level of
interest (i.e., sponsor or supporter); (2) nature of the contributions
(i.e., cash, donations of equipment, supplies, or services) and the
amount of the proposed support; (3) degree of commitment (i.e., fully
committed with funds or contributions available, interested, but need
additional information before funds or
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resources can be committed); (4) brief description of your
organization; (5) description of how your investment or involvement in
the event compliments your organization's mission; and (6) reasons for
supporting the Solar Decathlon.
Letters of interest, clearly marked ``2002 Solar Decathlon,'' are
requested by August 16, 2000 and should be submitted in writing to Ruth
E. Adams, DOE Golden Field Office, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO
80401-3393; transmitted via facsimile to Ruth E. Adams at 303-275-4788;
or sent electronically to ruth_adams@nrel.gov.
Issued in Golden, Colorado, on June 12, 2000.
Jerry L. Zimmer,
Procurement Director, Golden Field Office.
[FR Doc. 00-15682 Filed 6-20-00; 8:45 am]
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