As the sun was rising on another long, gruelling, hot day in Dezhou, China, Ben Wareing tried to stay upbeat and focused on the task ahead: finishing building an entire house, from the ground up, with just 10 days left to go in the Solar Decathlon.
And not just any house — a “net zero energy” home, designed to consume 80 per cent less energy than a traditional home and to produce enough energy through solar panels to power the home for a year.
So, not a simple summer project.
“It’s extremely well-insulated. It’s airtight. We have high-performance doors and windows,” said Wareing, a McGill PhD student and the architecture lead of Team MTL, the only Canadian team in the competition.
“We’ve been very careful with the
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