Temporary living experiment - students test sustainable architecture in the NRW Living Lab
Temporary living experiment - students test sustainable architecture in the NRW Living Lab
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Team RoofKIT from Karlsruhe wins first Solar Decathlon in Germany
The RoofKIT team from Karlsruhe has won the German premiere of the world's largest university competition, the Solar Decathlon, in Wuppertal. The students from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), led by Prof. Dirk E. Hebel, scored the most points in all disciplines of the solar decathlon - and thus presented the most convincing concept for continuing to build our cities in a climate-friendly way.
16 university teams from ten countries competed in the solar decathlon in Wuppertal. The Solar Decathlon Europe was organised by the University of Wuppertal and funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK).
The winning teams of the Solar Decathlon Europe 21/22 are:
1st Price RoofKIT with House Final Award © SDE 21-22
1st Price RoofKIT Final Award © SDE 21-22
1st place: Team RoofKIT, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
Building task: Renovation & extension, Café ADA, Wuppertal
Team VIRTUe © SDE 21-22
2nd Price VIRTUe Final Award © SDE 21-22
2nd place: Team VIRTUe, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Building task: Renovation & extension, Café ADA, Wuppertal
3rd Price AuRA and SUM Final Award © SDE 21-22
Team AuRA © SDE 21-22
Team SUM © SDE 21-22
3rd place: Team AuRA, National School of Architecture of Grenoble (ENSAG), France
Building assignment: Refurbishment & extension, Hotel "Zwei Schwestern", Château Bernard
3rd place: Team SUM, Delft University of Technology, Netherland
Building task: Renovation & extension, rental flats, The Hague
In his speech at the festive final ceremony on Friday, 24 June, Dr Patrick Graichen, State Secretary at the BMWK, congratulated the teams and emphasised that everyone had won through the Solar Decathlon in Wuppertal: "The winner is the climate. Through their innovative contributions, the teams have shown that climate protection can succeed if we face the challenges together. The practical implementation of the tasks set shows us innovative ways of shaping the city of tomorrow."
Hearty congratulations also come from the organiser of the Solar Decathlon Europe 21/22: "Bergische Universität is - together with the city of Wuppertal - proud to have offered the first Solar Decathlon in Germany a temporary home with its know-how and possibilities," said Rector Lambert T. Koch. "We are looking forward with the winning teams and to the impulses that will emanate from this overwhelming event on the building of the future - not only in Germany but worldwide."
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About the Solar Decathlon Europe 21/22
The SDE 21/22 is organised and scientifically accompanied by the University of Wuppertal. Project partners are the City of Wuppertal, the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Utopiastadt gGmbH, Neue Effizienz GmbH and WSW Wuppertaler Stadtwerke GmbH. The project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK).
Press contact
Dr. Marion Wittfeld, Head of Communications Solar Decathlon Europe 21/22
E-Mail: wittfeld[at]uni-wuppertal.de
Phone: 01515 7405105
https://sde21.eu/
