(Source: EERE - Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) DENVER, CO - At an event today in Denver, Colorado, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Under Secretary for Science and Energy, Dr. Franklin Orr, joined Mayor Michael Hancock to announce Denver as the host city for the next U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon competition in the fall of 2017. Dr. Orr revealed that Denver won the bid to host this biennial event, in which student teams compete to design, build, and operate cost-effective, energy-efficient, and attractive solar-powered houses. The teams from across the country and around the world will be competing for $2 million in prize money. In the U.S. Department of...
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