The Construction Specifications Institute awarded the UT architecture team of Jared Pohl, Katie Lewis, Ryan Stechmann, Steven Whitmore, and Phillip Geiman first place in its national competition to design an energy-efficient Habitat for Humanity house in September 2013. In two weeks during the summer, the students designed a three-bedroom, 1,300-square-foot house that complied with energy-efficiency guidelines for the US Department of Energy and Energy Star, an Environmental Protection Agency program. The design also complied with the Americans with Disabilities Act.