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The star of this season’s all new This Old House is revealed: an energy-efficient solar home to be built from scratch in Brookline, MA.

Bob Vila kicks off season 5 with and update on This Old House’s efforts since the show started in 1979. He delivers updates on each house that was featured during seasons 1-4.

Bob Vila takes a final tour of the fully decorated "dream house of the ‘80s."

Host Bob Vila meets with experts to discuss and demonstrate carpet installation, German wines, stereo speaker systems and outdoor lighting.

Host Bob Vila talks with Norm Abram about installing outdoor light fixtures. Bob installs a projection TV screen, works on terracotta tile installation and discusses water purification systems.

Bob Vila works on weather stripping the front door. He helps install the garbage disposal and point-of-use hot water heater in the apartment and learns how to re-hang old doors with Norm.

Host Bob Vila installs the kitchen sink and cuts the countertop in the apartment, gets painting tips and installs track lighting. Norm shows how he constructed wine racks.

Bob Vila works on fence and gazebo installation and puts the tiles in the exercise room bathroom. Rich Trethewey shows the new controls on the furnace and a new hot water heater.

Bob Vila works with experts to lay the floor boards in the kitchen and the brickwork on the walkway. Bob installs fixtures for the interior and exterior door sets with Norm.

Host Bob Vila tours the yard with landscape architect Tom Wirth. Bob hangs the apartment kitchen cabinets with Norm and visits the workshop where the pine planks are planed for the kitchen floor.

Host Bob Vila visits a super-insulated home in Aurora, IL, and talks with its builder, Perry Bigelow, about construction details.