The Solar Decathalon , a 10 - criteria ( it ’s a little bit of a stretch to decathalon , but that ’s okay ) judging competition , just discharge this year ’s contender , and there are some unbelievable whole kit and caboodle here . I be intimate that each group used its hometown artistic .
educatee chemical group from around the world ( and several from the States ) competed to make a net zero - vim , 800 - satisfying - animal foot house powered exclusively by solar energy , and came up with some great ideas . The house figure above was make by the squad from Cornell University in upstate New York , using silos to shine the bucolic look of that domain . Other teams try out with automatic shutoffs for tv set and lights or sophisticated purification of shower and rainwater . The success will be announced this coming Friday , and you may check out the current standingshere . [ CNET ]
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