How to Contribute

Corporate Sponsors

Individual Sponsors

University Sponsors

Watt's it all about? Please join our Solar Decathlon "Watt-a-thon" - a campaign to raise $500,000 through both gifts of cash and in-kind contributions. Your support will help to ensure Cal Poly's participation (one of 18 accepted universities from around the globe) in the prestigious national competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Students are challenged to build a 500-800 square foot house to be powered only by solar energy. The size of this solar-electric (PV) system will be approximately 5000 watts or 5kW. Cal Poly students will build their solar house on campus, transport it to Washington D.C., then display it on the National Mall. Cal Poly's team will participate in 10 competitions to test how well energy from the sun is used to power our modern lifestyle.

Flex your power. All contributions toward this unique renewable energy interdisciplinary learning opportunity are 100% tax deductible to the extent allowable by law. Donors are encouraged to sponsor as many watts as possible at $100 a watt. Donors of in kind materials are entitled to donor recognition at the equivalent level of the cash value assigned to the gift. Sponsorship levels and donor recognition benefits are listed below.

Sponsorship Levels

Arch Angel @ 1,000 Watts $100,000

All recognition described below plus feature article on Cal Poly News Website with the contribution prominently highlighted.

Illuminator @ 500 Watts $50,000-$99,999

All recognition described below plus Solar Decathlon team send-off photo opportunity with the donor's representatives present. Media kits will include press release announcing the gift.

Watt Maker @250 Watts $25,000-$49,999

All recognition described below plus news release featuring the contribution to local and national media. Press release reporting results of the Solar Decathlon competition will again mention the contribution.

Joule @ 100Watts $10,000-$24,999

All recognition described below plus donor's name/logo on banner used at media events, on transport vehicle as it travels across America and back, and part of the display in the Solar Village, Washington, D.C.

Sunbeam @ 50 Watts $5000-$9999

All recognition described below plus donor's name/logo on team tee shirts worn during special events and at the Solar Decathlon competition.

Radiant @ 15 Watts $1500-$4999

All recognition described below plus gift acknowledgment on informational flyers distributed at the building site on campus and at the Solar Decathlon competition.

Activator @ 5 Watts $500-$1499

All recognition described below plus gift acknowledgment on Solar Cal Poly Website

Verve @ 2 Watts $200-$499

Donors will be listed in Solar Cal Poly results report, plus receive invitations to Solar Decathlon celebrations.

Contact: Rob Peña, Architecture Department,
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
[805]-756-5207
rpena@calpoly.edu