Solar Decathlon

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This film follows Vienna University of Technology engineering and design students to California to participate in the U.S. Department of Energy's international competition to construct the best energy-autonomous, sustainably built house. Nineteen of 150 university teams are selected to construct a model outside Los Angeles, where they are judged on disciplines including comfort zone, appliance function, hot water production, energy efficiency, home entertainment, housing technology and innovation, architectural design, marketability, production costs, and communication.

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21 min 8 sec

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