Big news out of Madrid, Spain: French university Team
Rhône-Alpes has won the 2012 European Solar Decathlon with their stunning solar
Canopea House! Leading the Solar Decathlon competition since winning the
Architecture and Operations prizes, this compact home is topped with a 10,7 kW
array of photovoltaic panels that produce enough energy to run all of the
electricity on both floors and charge up a mini electric vehicle at the same
time! The Canopea house was designed for modularity and was specifically engineered
for stacking into 'nanotowers' for higher density housing, addressing the need
for sustainable urban housing in the alpine corridor.