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I will visit it when I'm in Darmstadt next time.
As featured on the official solar decathlone website:
http://www.greenbuildingblocks.com/akamai_video_popup.go?&vidUrl=tours/D...
The pride of the Darmstadt Technical University features oak louvers that move with the sun, Plexiglas walls, and a bed in the floor.
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| City: | Darmstadt | |||||
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| Project Status: | Contemporary | |||||
| Building Use: | Residential | |||||
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| Gross Floor Area: | 75 sqm | |||||||||
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| Investment Volume: | 540,000 EUR | |||||||||
This solar house produces more energy than it spends. Its a fully equipped and functional conceptual study developed by a team of 30 students at the Technical University Darmstadt. Its modular design allows an easy serial production. (Price than is an estimated 250,000 €.) The solar house won the first price at the solar decathlone 2007 in Washington/USA.