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An interview with Mark Taylor, faculty advisor for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Re_home, the school’s entry for the Department of Energy’s 2011 Solar Decathlon.
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For the second straight year, a university wins the EPA's energy-saving challenge.
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An interview with David Cook, project engineer for the University of Hawaii’s Hale Pilihonua house.
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An interview with Amy Gardner, AIA, and Brian Grieb, AIA, faculty advisors for Team Maryland’s WaterShed house, which won the 2011 Solar Decathlon.
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An interview with Megan Chafin, project architect for Team Tennessee’s Living Light.
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An interview with Farah Ahmad, media spokesperson for Team New York—City College of New York’s Solar Roofpod.
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The USGBC’s Center for Green Schools, Lucid, the Alliance to Save Energy, and the National Wildlife Federation announce a national competition to reduce electricity and water use among colleges and universities.
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Purdue University and New Zealand (Victoria University of Wellington) take second and third place in the biennial competition.
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An interview with Jason Hudspeth, project architect for Empowerhouse.
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Kudos to all of the teams of the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2011 Solar Decathlon, and special congratulations to the winning team from the University of Maryland. But shame on the DOE and National Park Service for giving it such a bad location.