Gallery: The European Solar Decathlon ...
The Napevomo house features a cylindrical-parabolic concentrator that directs solar flux so that it can be absorbed by high-efficiency solar cells.
Teams from all over the world have traveled to Madrid with their prefabricated solar-powered houses, and seventeen teams are listed as competitors. Two teams from the USA crossed over the pond to compete head-to-head with teams from Germany, Spain, France, China, the UK, Finland and India. So far, the teams’ designs and plans for their houses are impressive and creative and only a true test of the homes capabilities will reveal the winner.
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It seems to be the same everywhere “oh”…..that’s why “shedding” has become so popular. Small homes under 200 square feet require no permits.
[...] as part of the London Festival of Architecture, is a follow-up project to the OR single-surface solar roof structure. OR2 is translucent while in the shade, but it quickly fills in with color when [...]
[...] first place winner of the architecture portion of the European Solar Decathlon has just been announced, and the prize goes to… Team Finland’s beautiful wood-clad [...]
[...] Wuppertal brought an intimate but expansive vision to the Solar Decathlon Europe this year. Their sun-powered house is flanked by solar walls, capped by a solar roof, and provides [...]
It would be great to see all the buildings on display in Madrid.
[...] the European Solar Decathlon heats up in Madrid, the Napevomo House is turning heads for its very unique tack on design. The [...]
[...] Urcomante Team didn’t have to travel very far for the European Solar Decathlon this week in Madrid, Spain — but their home’s design has taken sustainability a long way. [...]
[...] Urcomante Team didn’t have to travel very far for the European Solar Decathlon this week in Madrid, Spain — but their home’s design has taken sustainability a long way. [...]
[...] past weekend marked the launch of the European Solar Decathlon in Madrid, and with the competition halfway through one of our favorite solar-powered residences is [...]
[...] 2010 Solar Decathlon is well underway in Madrid, Spain and a team of three universities from Berlin has already been [...]
[...] kicked off this past Friday, and Inhabitat was on the scene to bring you the world’s most stunning sun-powered homes as they go head-to-head in this year’s competition. One of our favorites so far is the FabLab [...]
Nice buildings. I have tried for 3 years now to got get a building permit for a prefab house in Denmark. It is not allowed to build like that inside city limits. Forget everything you hear about new low energy building in denmark, It is almost only drawings, nothing really is being build. Because it is not allow by the danish build codex.