In one of her last events in Shanghai before returning to the US, Consul General Beatrice Camp joined Tongji University officials to salute their students who participated in the US Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon last week in Washington, DC. Tongji University was one of 20 teams competing, and the only team from China.

The Tongji team used recycled shipping containers to construct a Y-shaped house, which Camp called "a clever reminder that Shanghai is the world's biggest shipping port. It also addresses the problem of affordable housing while offering ways to save energy."

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