Solar Decathlon
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Illawarra Flame is a net-zero house, but wasn't always that way. The environmentally-friendly house was formerly an energy-inefficient "fibro house" – that is, until students from the University of Wollongong got hold of it.
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Since its inception back in 2002, the biennial US Department of Energy-sponsored Solar Decathlon has given collegiate teams a chance to show off their best solar powered home designs. Gizmag takes a closer look at five of this year's 20 entrants which will compete in October.
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SCI-Arc and Caltech students joined forces to produce a net-zero micro-home concept dubbed "DALE," which expands in size to offer more living space.
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The French Rhone Alpes team has won this year’s European Solar Decathlon with its Canopea modular home concept.
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The Romanian Solar Decathlon team has presented its innovative solar-powered prefab home, which looks good enough to move into.
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Budapest University students have created an innovative solar-powered prefab home for the 2012 European Solar Decathlon.
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Inspired by the native Tupi-Guarani people, Team Brasil's entry in the 2012 Solar Decathlon Europe is a high tech, sustainable house that embraces a tradition-meets-high-tech ethos.
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The green-conscious CHIP House produces three times more energy than it uses and is controlled with an Xbox Kinect.
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Italy and France have joined forces to create "Astonyshine" - a 100 percent solar home concept, as part of the 2012 Solar Decathlon Europe
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The University of Maryland's WaterShed project has taken the overall winner's title at this year's Solar Decathlon.
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The University of Maryland has unveiled its entry for the 2011 Solar Decathlon competition – the WaterShed.
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The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon has announced that China is to follow Europe's lead and host its own version of the competition in 2013.
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