UPDATED: Pepco Purchases UMd.'s WaterShed House for $200,000

Update 11:10 a.m.

Pepco paid $200,000 for the University of Maryland's WaterShed home, Washington Post columnist Sara Kehaulani Goo reported. The payment will go toward reimbursing the $850,000 that funded for the project, she wrote.

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Original Story, 5:54 a.m.

First the WaterShed, and the University of Maryland students who built the solar-powered home, at the Solar Decathlon.

Now they attracted an investment from Pepco, which is purchasing the WaterShed for an undisclosed amount, to use it as a living classroom demonstrating clean energy options, the Associated Press reported.

Over 200 UMd. students, along with a handful of faculty members of various backgrounds, worked on the WaterShed house, integrating the environment with architecture. The design included an edible garden, a plant-covered roof and an artificial wetlands environment.

After earning second place at the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon in 2007, the UMd. team went on to win the international competition this past fall. Check out Patch's coverage from the competition:

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