	Popular Mechanics
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	The Arizona Public Media coverage of the solar house includes video, photos and links. Arizona Public Media

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	Project Sage has covered the solar house, plus numerous other sustainability related issues.

	AzRISE
	The Arizona Research Institute for Solar Energy, or AzRISE, is a big contributor to the solar house project. Check out its many solar projects at www.azrise.org.

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Press, faculty, staff and students turned out to congratulate the Arizona Solar Racing Team on a heroic performance in an international solar car race.

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2009 Solar Decathlon

The University of Arizona’s solar house, known as the SEED [pod], came 18th of 20 in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Washington, D.C. Team Germany won the competition. Click the standings link below for more details.

Follow the solar house's progress through the competition:

Team Standings -- live judging results as they happen!

Solar Decathlon Twitter feed

UA team Twitter feed

Official SEED [pod] Web site

The Solar Decathlon also has its own YouTube Channel

The UA solar house was assembled for inspection in the parking lot behind the College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture before being shipped off to Washington, D.C.

The house had to be disassembled, trucked to Washington, D.C. and then set up on the mall. The houses were judged in a number of areas, including architectural design, comfort, building technologies, net metering and market viability.

Video Featuring the UA Solar House

Produced by Arizona Public Media

Produced by UA News

Produced by Solar Decathlon

The Solar Decathlon showcases design excellence in energy-efficient and solar energy-powered home design. The innovative design and engineering features showcased in the house are the result of a broad collaboration at the University of Arizona that involved the schools of architecture and engineering.

The UA solar house getting reconstructed on the Mall in Washington, D.C.

The house was built by a team of students and professionals at the University. In addition, the Pima County Workforce Investment Board provided skilled laborers, including plumbers, welders and carpenters who helped to complete the house in time for its departure for Washington, D.C.