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Efficient. Practical. Essential. The INhome (short for Indiana home) featured efficient systems and sustainable design without sacrificing modern comforts and amenities. The INhome was fully functional, yet practical net-zero energy home designed for a typical Midwestern consumer in today’s cost-competitive residential market. The INhome is one vision for future residential housing.

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• One of the innovative features of the INhome, was the Biowall. This first version was developed specifically for the Solar Decathlon. However, more than twenty thousand visitors showed a particular interest for the plant filter, which encouraged the Purdue team to optimize its VOC removal capacity.

• Team Purdue encourages you to use these efficient, practical, and essential ideas, "From INhome to YOUR home"

• For more information on the INhome, visit the website:
• http://www.purdue.edu/inhome/

• A team of Purdue University students competed in the United States Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon, a high profile international competition where 20 collegiate teams design, build, and demonstrate solar powered houses.

• The students built the house on campus and then moved to Washington D.C., where the competition was held from September 23 to October 2, 2011.

• The INhome finished in 2nd place overall during the competition, which consisted of 10 individual contests: architecture, market appeal, engineering, communications, affordability, comfort zone, hot water, appliances, home entertainment, and energy balance.