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Design and Architecture

Solar Decathlon

In the past two weeks 60,000 people went to the Orange County Great Park in Irvine to check out the “Solar Decathlon.” That’s the exhibition of net zero energy houses, designed and built by students for a biannual competition created by the DOE, with the goal of educating people about solar power.

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By Frances Anderton • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

In the past two weeks 60,000 people went to the Orange County Great Park in Irvine to check out the “Solar Decathlon.” That’s the exhibition of net zero energy houses, designed and built by students for a biannual competition created by the DOE, with the goal of educating people about solar power.

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Bernadette Del Chiaro

    California Solar Energies Industries Association

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    Architect and Chair of Side Street Projects

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