Winners Announced in Solar Decathlon House Competition

The competition, run by the Department of Energy (and sponsored in part by Popular Mechanics), pits 20 college teams against one another in a showdown of architecture and engineering.

After multiple lead changes throughout the week, team Germany, the defending champions, took the prize again. In their acceptance speech, they saluted the student competitors, saying, "we are all winners." In second place, came Illinois, followed closely by team California who said "green living doesn't have to be a compromise." In the end the prizes were given to those teams whose houses had the best energy-gathering performance over homes with flashy designs and unique user interfaces. Even on a dreary day like today, all of these energy efficient homes have enough energy stored from the sunny afternoons earlier this week to comfortably run.

1. Germany


2.University of Illinois



3.University of California



Good article on all the teams and houses they built.
Just click on the logos in bottom of the article. Some mention the cost
of the building some don't

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/workshop/4334160.html