This is so unbelievably cool! I wish I had known about this competition before we built our house!
There is a competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy wherein contestants are judged on ten individual components of building:
- architecture
- market appeal
- engineering
- affordability
- communications
- comfort
- hot water
- appliances
- home entertainment, and
- energy balance
The entries are all very modern, ecologically savvy, and extraordinarily cutting-edge. Take a look at the article where I first read about it, and the website for the competition.
Here’s the winning entry, by the way: