The Michigan Solar House (MiSo) is a solar-powered home collaboratively designed and built by a team of students and faculty from U-M Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning for the 2005 Solar Decathlon in Washington DC. Now located at Matthaei, MiSo fosters public awareness in solar technology and serves as a laboratory for ongoing research. Volunteers are trained to greet and guide visitors to points of interest in the house on weekends, May–October.