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News on the fourth annual Solar Decathlon from Environmental News Service . (NOTE: previous link does not work; use DOE site. ) I would love to be there and see the many solutions.

from Environmental News Network: “More than 800 students in 20 teams from the United States, Canada, Spain and Germany will compete all week in ten contests that evaluate the architecture, engineering, comfort, marketability, appliances and lighting of the solar houses. The teams will perform everyday tasks, such as cooking, laundry, and washing dishes, to test the energy efficiency of their homes.”

The 2009 Solar Decathlon Teams are:

• Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
• Iowa State University (Ames, Iowa)
• Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio)
• Penn State University (University Park, Pennsylvania)
• Rice University (Houston, Texas)
• Team Boston (Boston Architectural College, Tufts University) (Boston, Massachusetts)
• Team California (Santa Clara University, California College of the Arts) (Santa Clara, California)
• Technische Universität Darmstadt (Winner, 2007 Solar Decathlon) (Darmstadt, Germany)
• Team Missouri (Missouri University of Science & Technology, University of Missouri) (Rolla, Missouri)
• Team Ontario/British Columbia (University of Waterloo, Ryerson University, Simon Fraser University) (Ontario, Canada)
• Team Alberta (University of Calgary, SAIT Polytechnic, Alberta College of Art + Design, Mount Royal College) (Alberta, Canada)
• Universidad de Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
• University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona)
• University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Lafayette, Louisiana)
• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
• University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, Illinois)
• University of Kentucky (Lexington, Kentucky)
• Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, Virginia)