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9) Building America Spring 2012 stakeholder meeting report: Austin, Texas, February 29-March 2, 2012
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The Building America Spring 2012 Stakeholder Meeting was held on February 29-March 2, 2012, in Austin, Texas, and outlined stakeholder needs, collaboration opportunities, and research results as they relate to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Residential Buildings Program. Presenters represented key industry stakeholders, as well as the 10 DOE Building America teams. Attendees represented a variety of industries, including manufacturing, government,...
12) Superhouse
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This video tells the story of the direct relationship between form and energy. Why do our houses and buildings look the way they do? While we have all come to understand that form follows function, to explore this question fully, we need to look at our homes and buildings in the context of energy cost and supply. As buildings use 49% of all primary energy we create, the Passive House building approach can have an immediate effect on Carbon Emissions,...
20) Solar Decathlon
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This film follows Vienna University of Technology engineering and design students to California to participate in the U.S. Department of Energy's international competition to construct the best energy-autonomous, sustainably built house. Nineteen of 150 university teams are selected to construct a model outside Los Angeles, where they are judged on disciplines including comfort zone, appliance function, hot water production, energy efficiency, home...