Team germany at the awards ceremony
Posted by Andreas
17
Oct
At the moment we are in the main tent of the Solar Decathlon and waiting for the Awards ceremony to start.
Film crew at sur+home
Posted by Andreas
16
Oct
Right now we have a film crew in our house. They are making a short film about our house for the american tv.
Winning Team Germany
Posted by Andreas
16
Oct
We really didn’t expect to win this contest this time. It was almost close to the end.
Then Missy did a great speech in front of all the press.
Winner
Posted by Andreas
16
Oct
What a race in the end. At first there was the announcement of the engineering contest. Darmstadt was placed 4th place so we all did not know, here were are placed compared to the first team Illinois (they became seventh). And then the announcement of the overall winner: We all were standing there waiting just to hear Team Germany once … As it took really long … the announcement began with 3rd over 2nd to first … the eagerness was unbelievable. And in the end we knew … we did it again!
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- Contest 8th-15th October
- Opening Ceremony 8th October
- Awards Ceremony 16th October
- Victory Reception 17th October
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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.
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Dipl.-Ing. Johanna Henrich
phone: +49(0)6151 16-5448
fax: +49(0)6151 16-5247
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