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In order to promote development in solar home research the US Department of Energy sponsors a competition to build a functional energy efficient solar house. Twenty university and college teams are selected to compete. This years competition featured 17 US schools as well entries from Canada, Germany and Spain.
Teams are judged on 10 criteria including comfort, architecture and market viability.
You can see all the entries at the Solar Decathlon site including layouts of each house, pictures, videos and a description of the technology used. Each team has a link to a website where the details of that team's entry can be found.
If you're at all interested in solar energy, visit the Solar Decathalon site to get a glimpse of what technology is available and could be a part of your life in the near future.
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