German Students Win Solar House Contest

Posted by NG Kids in Green Scene on October 22, 2009
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Photograph by Stefano Paltera/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon

Team Germany won the Solar Decathlon contest to create a house that uses solar power to supply energy for everything in the house, from the computer to the TV. Architecture and  engineering students from around the world competed in the decathlon. The winning house, built of solar panels and colorful acrylic panels the team called “sun freckles,” was one of 20 designs that were set up on the Mall in Washington, D.C. for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon.

Watch a video and see the winning house on National Geographic News!

Would you want to design a solar house?
 

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Comments

  1. Julielholdsclaw
    March 21, 2011, 8:27 am

    Hey man that is awsome. Not to be mean but Germany has always had a great scientific community.

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