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With a first-ever contest to evaluate power generation capability, the 2009 version of the popular Solar Decathlon will feature 20 teams of colleges and universities self-designing, building and operating homes constructed on the National Mall amid the Smithsonian Institution museums October 9-18.

There will be 10 separate contests to evaluate the teams skills in architecture, engineering and communications. The homes must produce enough electricity and hot water from solar panels to perform all the normal functions of a home, including lights, cooking, clothes- and dish-washing, home appliances and a comfortable room temperature.

The teams (see list below) have been busy for almost two years preparing for the event, which typically draws thousands of visitors each of the days the homes are open for public tours. This year the dates for the public tours are Friday, October 9 through Tuesday, October 13 and Thursday, October 15 through Sunday, October 18.

Read more about this year's Decathlon at www.solardecathlon.org.

The teams competing this year are:
Cornell University
Iowa State University
The Ohio State University
Penn State University
Rice University
Team Alberta (University of Calgary, SAIT Polytechnic, Alberta College of Art + Design and Mount Royal College)
Team Boston (Boston Architectural College and Tufts University)
Team California (Santa Clara University and California College of the Arts)
Team Missouri (University of Missouri-Columbia and Missouri University of Science and Technology)
Team Ontario/BC (University of Waterloo, Ryerson University and Simon Fraser University)
Technische Universitat Darmstadt
Universidad de Puerto Rico
Universidad Politecnia de Madrid
The University of Arizona
University of Illinois
University of Kentucky
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
University of Minnesota
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Virginia Tech

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