MyFox Houston/Sally MacDonald, May 7, 2009

A team of Rice University students is putting the finishing touches on an 800 square foot solar house that will eventually be located in Houston's Third Ward. For the first time on Friday, the students will be showing off the house to the public.

"The house name is Ze-Row, which stands for the zero energy row house," said Roque Sanchez, one of the student leaders. He and the approximately 100 other student team members focused on creating an affordable and environmentally friendly home. It has bamboo floors, few windows to keep out the heat and a state of the art air conditioning system. "You only get cooling where and when you need it," said Sanchez.

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