Going For Gold in the Solar Decathlon

CNN

For two weeks the National Mall in Washington D.C. has been transformed into a boulevard of homes of the future.

The solar-powered houses are the work of university teams from across the U.S., Puerto Rico, Germany and Spain, all taking part in the Solar Decathlon. The aim: to design, build and operate the best energy-efficient solar houses. Most teams have spent at least two years working on their projects.

Preet Anand, a senior at Santa Clara University and member of Team California, told CNN about the build-up to the event:

“Our team is the only undergraduate-led team in the entire competition. We’ve built our homes on our home campus and then transported it to the National Mall in D.C., where it was reassembled over five days.

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