(left) Ph.D. student Eric Holt slides the leader flag into
photo by Stefano Paltera/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon (right) photo by Jim Tetro/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon
place after his team takes first place in the Solar Decathlon following the results of the Affordability Contest. Team members (right to left) are Lee Causey, Seth Holloway,
Jordan Wallpe, Sam Landry, and Hayden McMurtie. (top)
Purdue team members react to their second place finish.
"We designed a more traditional, Midwestern-style home. It's definitely appealing." Adds McKenna Regan, a Krannert School of Management student who handled marketing and communications for the project, "It shows that you don't have to give up comfort to live sustainably."
(above) Purdue students cheer with U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu outside their entry in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011. (below left) Exterior
architectural photograph of Purdue University's entry in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011.
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photos by Stefano Paltera/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon
