For more information visit: www.pbs.org and www.pbs.org PBS Airdate: Thursday, July 21, 2011 Peek inside a solar house by Middlebury College team for competition in Solar Decathlon, sponsored by the US Dept of Energy. Their design idea for solar AC has market promise and has been filed for patent. SUSIE GHARIB: Creating cost-effective, energy efficient homes. It`sa tall order, especially when you up the ante and say those houses have to be attractive. Well, college students will compete to build them this fall. Tonight, we continue our series, “Planet Forward,” it`sa partnership with The George Washington University Social Media Project, using your ideas to power our future. Frank Sesno takes us behind the scenes on the race to build the best solar home. FRANK SESNO, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT CORRESPONDENT: When you hear the term “decathlon,” you probably think of this. SESNO: But every two years, teams with different sorts of decathletes from all around the world gather in Washington, DC Meet the team from Middlebury College in Vermont. They`ve been submitting videos to “Planet Forward” in the run-up to the Solar Decathlon this September. The US Department of Energy sponsors the contest, 20 college teams have to design, build, and operate solar-powered houses. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We just raised the last section of the south wall. SESNO: The house, a super-efficient 1000 square feet, reminiscent of a New England farmhouse, it`s insulated with spray-blown cellulose which is …
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this is great, what better way to promote unique ideas than through personal/uniue creation. great idea
WE added solar panels back in 2009 – our electricity bills are almost non-existent, but even better is the knowledge that the only fuel we’re using is being harvested from the sun.
More of this please.