Sustainable homebuilding is getting a whole lot smarter, and NJIT and Rutgers University students are pushing the boundaries of the field.

"Team NJ" — as the group of architecture, planning and engineering students from the two universities is called — has built a futuristic-looking, one-story house that challenges traditional building techniques and sets a model for innovative, green housing.

The house is the two schools’ submission to the 2011 Solar Decathlon, a solar-housing competition the U.S. Department of Energy sponsors every two years.

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