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This house, shaped like a giant loaf of bread, was one of the entrants in the 10-day Solar Decathlon Europe, which took place in Madrid in June. The houses, built by 17 teams from universities around the globe, consumed less than half the energy they generated. The surplus went to the grid.










Willie Jones
Willie Jones is an associate editor at IEEE Spectrum. In addition to editing and planning daily coverage, he manages several of Spectrum's newsletters and contributes regularly to the monthly Big Picture section that appears in the print edition.
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