Live from the National Mall…Team Germany FTW!

Posted on | October 16, 2009 | No Comments

In a stunning surprise come-from-behind win, Team Germany took the top award at the Department of Energy’s Solar Decathalon this morning after winning the Net Metering category, upsetting the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who was in first place before the final winner was announced, and who ended up in second place. This is Team Germany’s second win in a row, which leads me to wonder… If Germany threw a Solar D competition and the U.S. pooled its resources to submit ONE design for the whole country, would WE win on THEIR turf? I smell a controversy brewing… Inhabitat does a good job at summarizing the news in the following link:

http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/10/16/germany-wins-the-2009-solar-decathlon/

I’m on location at the Decathalon and trying desperately to stay warm and dry, but I’ll have more news and photos later…

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