We've been working about 16 hours per day since October 1st to get the house finished for touring.  Last night we received our final sign-offs from all of the various Solar Decathlon code officials and today we spent the morning cleaning the house, picking up the site, and touching up the finishes.  After the opening ceremony (where our own Lucas Dixon did a fantastic job with his speech, by the way) the house opened for VIP touring.  This afternoon, 998 people toured the house and the team had a great time interacting with everyone.  After all of our hard work, it was very satisfying to show the house and we really appreciate all of the positive comments.  Here are a few pictures from today.

Team members preparing for the tour

A vie from the southwest at dusk

The west deck

Probably the coolest site we'll ever have the honor of working on...