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Team Austria Wins the 2013 Solar Decathlon With Their Net-Zero LISI House
formaggio writes "Team Austria was just announced the overall winner of the 2013 Solar Decathlon for their beautiful LISI House. With its elegant and innovative moving curtain facade, a simple form, and a strong emphasis placed on creating a seamless space that combines outdoor and indoor living, the stunning net-zero home is a versatile enough for life in both sunny California or the team's more temperate native land."
You want good for the environment then move back in with your parents.
You mean move upstairs?
And this house crossed the Australian desert in 2 weeks? :D
Very impressive.
The number of homes having a modest amount of solar collection (of one form or another) which is almost universally insufficient to supply the needs of the home, while being prohibitively expensive at the same time has grown
I know slashdot tradition is to comment without reading TFA, but you should really give it a try in this case. Especially interesting are the teams' video presentations.
Don't get me wrong, that's not half bad, but it certainly doesn't qualify as solar powered.
The winning design produces more power than it consumes. If that doesn't qualify, what does?
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I don't see anything that looks like a kitchen, anything that looks like a bedroom, or anything that looks like a bathroom.
It has a kitchen that looks more like a wet bar and a single bathroom and bedroom in its "compact dark service core." Minimalist even by European standards. floor plan
It is not in the least surprising that most photographs show only the bright, colorful exterior, garden-like. views.
There is space here for entertaining but none to raise a family.