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The winners were announced for the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 this past weekend. The 2 year contest culminated at the National Mall’s West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C. last week where the final 20 teams built their sustainable structures. The University of Maryland's WaterShed team won top honors overall by designing, building, and operating the most cost effective, energy efficient and attractive solar powered house.

All of the teams of this year's Solar Decathlon competition used Autodesk Revit Architecture! And several used Autodesk Ecotect and Project Vasari. Check out the video below about how several winning teams used BIM for sustainable design.

To see more details about University of Maryland's winning designs, check out the design details on their website. And take a look at quick overview videos of their architecture and engineering designs, embedded below.

To learn more about Team New Jersey's prefabricated concrete design, check out these articles in InHabitat and ENR.

What did you see that inspired you from this year's designs? WaterShed's desicant waterfalls and integrated feedback + building controls through an iPad app was pretty cool!