Out of the 10 judging categories, the two teams ranked first in seven of them, including architecture, engineering, solar application, energy balance, market appeal, home entertainment, and appliances. Chalmers University of Technology from Sweden received third place. The intercollegiate competition, which promotes innovative, energy-efficient, solar-powered residential designs, was hosted in Datong in northern China by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Administration of China (the DOE’s Chinese counterpart), and Peking University.
The two winning teams designed houses with front patios that flow seamlessly from the living rooms and organic backyard gardens. Both sourced local and up-cycled materials to minimize embodied energy and adopted a modular design to expedite the construction process.
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