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[TEXT] Twenty teams compete
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[TEXT] To build the home of the
future
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[TEXT] Solar Decathlon 2011
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[TEXT] Johann Kyser: Team Canada
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[Johann] The Solar Decathlon is
really about
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demonstrating to the public
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that these technologies
are viable today.
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I think bringing people out
here to be able to tour these homes
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is extremely valuable.
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They get the sense that, “Yes,
this could be my home.
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I could live in this.”
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It’s a really incredible
opportunity, when we have teams
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coming from around the world, to
get a global discussion going.
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[Nick] The Solar Decathlon as a
competition itself,
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being able to exhibit these
houses,
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is a really good way of
educating people.
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The students competing here
today
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are the future leaders of
tomorrow.
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[TEXT] Nick Officer: Team New
Zealand
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I think it’s really important
that the people —
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what we’re teaching people
here and
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what we’re learning ourselves as
students
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will really benefit the future
of the bulk environment.
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