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Light Canopy for Solar Home

Prize-Winning Solar-Powered Houses from the Solar Decathlon
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Support for solar electric panels, solar thermal tubes, and vegetated screens
Photo courtesy Kaye Evans-Lutterodt/Solar Decathlon
Students from Cornell University created a "light canopy" that supported solar electric panels, solar thermal tubes, and vegetated screens on their solar-powered house. The house was presented at the Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C.
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