As we had a coffee in the city, there was a short spell on my coffee mug.
Definitely something to wonder about related to the Solar Decathlon!
Will plus energy homes be the future in housing? For Team Germany’s and Team Spain’s luck, the European politics already developed a regulation for new construction. In 2019, all these buildings have to be zero-energy. Then the step to plus energy is not far anymore.
Let´s begin. All the 20 teams … lots of questions and lots of fun!
For us as Team Germany this meant to perform on an international level the first time and to realize that we are really inside of the Solar Decathlon competition.
Nice to meet you all! …
The Solar Decathlon is an international competition run by the U. S. Department of Energy. The aim is to build a Zero Energy Home, which produces as much energy from renewable sources, as it consumes. Just like the Olympic decathlon this competition consists of 10 contests that center on all of the ways in which we use energy in our daily lives. The 10 contests are: Architecture, Market Viability, Engineering, Lighting design, Communications, Comfort Zone, Hot Water, Appliances, Home Entertainment and Net Metering. 20 teams of college and university students participate in the Solar Decathlon 2009, among them one team from Germany from Darmstadt University of Technology.
TU-Darmstadt
Dipl.-Ing. Johanna Henrich
phone: +49(0)6151 16-5448
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TU Darmstadt Entwerfen und Energieeffizientes Bauen
