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SOLAR DECATHLON in CALIFORNIA – Is Austria winning?

My team and I just went to the 2013 SOLAR DECATHLON, a biennial competition hosted by the US Department of Energy to promote the application of solar technologies in buildings. Imagine our immense surprise and pleasure when we saw that this year our home country AUSTRIA was part of the vendors that displayed their ‘ideal solar house of the future.’Not only that, AUSTRIA is also in the lead of winning the People’s Choice Award for the best, most innovative and modern solar house at this event!!

As one of the ONLY two European teams invited to SD 2013 (the other being from the Czech Republic), team AUSTRIA looks forward to competing with the best from the United States and Canada!

The project or house that the students of the Vienna Institute of Technology call LISI (Living inspired by sustainable innovation), was designed, built and assembled almost exclusively by the students of this prestigious university in Vienna.

We can’t even begin to tell you how proud we felt when we heard the ‘wow’s,’ and ‘ah’s,’ and ‘oh’s,’ of the bystanders. Even we couldn’t help it but feeling awed by the incredibly well thought out construction, technology, layout and design of the house. Our question was immediately, “where could we buy a house like this?”

The plan is still developing but soon you will be able to see the house in all of its splendor at the Blue Lagoon in Vienna itself. Stop by and be awed ;)!

And in case you live in Southern California, you’ve got to see this solar house. Here are the event details: http://www.solardecathlon.at/

Support TEAM AUSTRIA here: https://www.facebook.com/lisithehouse