eesi visits the 2011 u.s. department of energy\u2019s solar decathlon. participating teams from universities in the u.s., china, canada, belgium and new zealand presented their designs for net-zero energy homes \u2013 homes that produce as much energy as they consume over the course of the a year. entries were evaluated based on design, consumer appeal and affordability. look at photos and learn more about the individual features of these homes on eesi\u2019s facebook page. http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eesionline<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
this year’s solar decathlon was big on zero-energy homes and innovation. watch and learn more on how different teams from all over the world created the balance between practicality and efficiency necessary for a net-zero home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8540,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4894,4917,4910,4891],"tags":[1136,633,2845,1821,10],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-13691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-efficiency","category-energy","category-renewable-energy","category-solar","tag-eesi","tag-energy-efficiency","tag-net-zero","tag-solar-decathlon","tag-solar-energy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n