[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 155 (Monday, October 15, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2134]
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         TRIBUTE TO LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

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                          HON. SANDER M. LEVIN

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 15, 2007

  Mr. LEVIN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
accomplishments of a talented group of students from Lawrence 
Technological University in Southeastern Michigan for being selected to 
compete in the U.S. Department of Energy's 2007 Solar Decathlon. 
Lawrence Tech's AloeTerra team is one of just twenty teams from across 
the United States, Europe and Canada chosen to participate in this 
event.
  The Solar Decathlon is an international competition organized by the 
Department of Energy that brings together young people from many 
countries to design, build and operate an energy-efficient, completely 
solar-powered house. More than that, the Solar Decathlon is a chance to 
engage the public on how small changes in building and design practices 
can have a big impact. With rising energy prices and increased public 
concern over global warming, Americans want to know what they can do in 
their own lives to use energy more efficiently and cleanly. Indeed, the 
name of the Lawrence Tech team says it all: AloeTerra means ``healing 
the land.''
  At the same time, there is a large and growing world market for 
renewable energy and efficiency technologies. This market is worth 
hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade. Clean energy 
creates good jobs, and that is something that all of us should 
encourage.
  I am proud that Lawrence Technological University is in the 12th 
Congressional District and I am proud to represent these bright young 
people who have worked so hard to show how sustainability, aesthetics, 
and comfort can coexist. I urge all my colleagues to go down to the 
National Mall where the twenty Solar Decathlon teams have assembled 
their homes into a solar village.

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