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• Who is the Greenest of Them All?

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• Team Germany Shines at the Solar Decathlon

  Team Germany’s surPLUShome took first place in the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2009 Solar Decathlon.

• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Meltwater House

  Wisconsin's Solar Decathlon team focuses on affordable, off-the-shelf solutions suitable for the average family.

• Team Missouri's Show-Me Solar House

  This Solar Decathlon home’s contrasting front and rear facades are a nod to past influences and an embrace of present and future technologies.

• University of Minnesota’s Icon Solar House

  Team Minnesota updates the traditional gable house to accommodate optimum solar generation.