The Solar Decathlon, an educational project produced by the U.S. Department of Energy, joins 20 college and university teams in a competition to design, build, and operate the most attractive and energy-efficient solar-powered house.
Team California won for Architecture and Communications. Check out their house here.
The University of Minnesota won for Lighting Design:
Check out all of the entries here.
Joe Salimando, writing for TED Magazine’s website, visited the event and blogged about it, quite humorously, here.