German green home wins Solar Decathlon
Team Germany from the Technical University in Darmstadt won the biennial Solar Decathlon for the second time in a row, beating out a spirited challenge from the University of Illinois team. The German house generated twice as much energy as it used during the just-ended weeklong competition on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
German’s PV-covered home won this year’s competition by producing twice as much energy as it used using the Net Metering final phase of the competition. The U.S. Department of Energy supported the contest and announced the final results. Why can’t every home produce more energy than it uses? It’s time for a wholesale rethinking of “traditional” home design to a “new normal” design that makes every home a net contributor to the electric grid.
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