This is a really fantastic project here.  Very briefly, students at Middlebury College designed and (with the help of contractors) built a farmhouse that is entirely solar-powered, and made with local and/or sustainably produced materials.  See more information here:  Solar Decathlon

The team has taken the farmhouse to DC to compete in an international faceoff of sustainability.  Vote for them in the People’s Choice Awards by going here:  People’s Choice Awards.  Middlebury, represent.