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University of Kansas class unveils new sustainable house

KU logoLAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — University of Kansas architecture graduate students are completing final touches on a newly constructed sustainable house in east Lawrence.

Officials at the university’s architecture school said that the two-bedroom, two-bathroom home with a detached garage is designed to meet two sustainable building standards: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum and the Passive House Institute standards.

The home is the latest design-build project of the Studio 804 class, which concentrates on environmentally-friendly development.

The house includes solar panels on the roof that will supply nearly all of its electricity needs and barn door-style sliding panels on the house’s exterior can be closed to clock sunlight in the hottest months.

There is also a concrete storm shelter in the back of the lot near the garage.

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