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Well-designed houses provide a safe and comfortable indoor environment for occupants through heating, cooling, humidity, and ventilation controls. In this contest, the teams will be evaluated objectively on their ability to maintain temperature and relative humidity within prescribed set points. Other aspects of indoor environmental quality will be evaluated in Contest 2: Engineering."

- Contest Regulations, pg. 6(PDF 216K)

Department of Energy
National Renewable Energy Laboratory Solar Decathlon