The U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon competition to build the world's best solar-powered house is well underway in Florida.
Team Florida -- consisting of architecture, energy and engineering students and faculty from the
University of South Florida,
University of Central Florida,
Florida State University and the
University of Florida -- recently received support from Dallas-based builder
The Beck Group.
The full-service builder -- with offices in Tampa, Atlanta, Austin, Denver, Fort Worth, Houston, Mexico City and San Antonio -- has LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification and will assist Team Florida in bringing its FLeX House concept to life.
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