I had a chance to visit the National Mall and to see the houses built by university teams around the world competing in the Solar Decathlon sponsored by the Department of Energy. These houses were built to be entirely self sustainable, without generators or batteries.
The houses were required to:
- Be attractive and easy to live in
- Maintain comfortable and healthy indoor environmental conditions
- Feature appealing and adequate lighting
- Supply energy to household appliances for cooking and cleaning
- Power home electronics
- Provide hot water
- Balance energy production and consumption
If you have a chance check it out when it is back in DC in 2 years!
Hi, I'm Rachel, the author of Happy Green Babies. Here you will find an array of tips, tools and suggestions for raising a green baby! This site chronicles the life of myself, my husband and our two boys in our "green" household. We aren't perfect, but we learn more each and everyday. This is why I created this blog, so that you can learn more too! My interests include attachment parenting, cloth diapers, babywearing, cooking organic/whole foods, and many more.