BTN LiveBIG: Minnesota team wins top honors in energy-efficient home design …
Big Ten Network
Team OptiMN was recently awarded the U.S. Department of Energy's 2015 Grand Award for its Race to Zero program, a competition in which teams of students design Zero Energy Ready Homes. (The DOE defines a Zero Energy Ready Home as one that has …

BTN LiveBIG: Minnesota team wins top honors in energy-efficient home design …
Big Ten Network
Team OptiMN was recently awarded the U.S. Department of Energy's 2015 Grand Award for its Race to Zero program, a competition in which teams of students design Zero Energy Ready Homes. (The DOE defines a Zero Energy Ready Home as one that has …

BTN LiveBIG: Minnesota team wins top honors in energy-efficient home design …
Big Ten Network
Team OptiMN was recently awarded the U.S. Department of Energy's 2015 Grand Award for its Race to Zero program, a competition in which teams of students design Zero Energy Ready Homes. (The DOE defines a Zero Energy Ready Home as one that has …

Smart Urban Villages: Efficient and sustainable community living
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For most of human history, we've lived in groups a lot larger than our family unit, and reaped considerable benefits from it. … Eco-village communities are aiming to buck that trend, and to that end Smart Urban Villages is planning to create medium …

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May 25, 2015: Students Design Efficient Home with Central Air Cost of Only $38 …
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ST. LOUIS — The winning entry in the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) 2015 Race to Zero Student Design Competition includes a HVAC system that is so efficient, it would generate only $282 in annual heating costs, and $38 for cooling. Energy …