First from our region, students of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) submitted a successful tender, which means we accomplished the terms of the competition. Currently our team has 50 student members, not only from the Faculty of Architecture but from other different faculties we accomplished. Our goal is to create an innovative solar building in which we apply our architectural and technical developments.
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The story of two years of work in five chapters

The story of two years of work in five chapters

It's been almost two years from the beginning idea to this point, when we're standing in the threshold of the last round of the competition. We'll try to give you a rough picture on the result of these two years of work in 5 blogposts, let's see if that's enough..
We own 400 sqm of Madrid!

We own 400 sqm of Madrid!

From the industrial hall, the way of Odoohouse leads directly to Madrid! Finally we know the new location of Villa Solar 2012:it will be held in the Casa de Campo Park, which is the largest park of the city (and also one of Europe’s) with over 1.700 hectares. This new location offers a fantastic view...
The new Villa Solar site

The new Villa Solar site

As you know the Villa Solar's site has changed, here are the information regarding the new site, which is not far from the original one.
New participant on SD 2012

New participant on SD 2012

The Astonyshine team has been officially presented as the new participating team at the Solar Decathlon Europe 2012 Competition.
ReVolt House withdraws SDE 2012

ReVolt House withdraws SDE 2012

The Dutch team from the Technical University of Delft withdraws the competition Solar Decathlon Europe 2012, in which they participated with the pioneering ReVolt House project.
Egyptian team?s financial concerns

Egyptian team?s financial concerns

Few days ago I read an article at Inhabitat about one of the fellow teams of Solar Decathlon 2012: the Egyiptian team from the American University of Cairo lacks the funds to realize their cutting-edge project (see pictures), SLIDES. We deeply sympathize with this team ?   knowing that we are also the first team ever...
Introducing the Hungarian Spirit in Madrid

Introducing the Hungarian Spirit in Madrid

In the beginning of October the Odoo team travelled to Madrid, to participate in the workshop organized by Solar Decathlon Europe. The aim of the event was to bring the participants and the organizers together, discuss competition related questions and for the teams to see their future building site. Finally the teams could meet each...
Workshop in Madrid

Workshop in Madrid

The following SDE workshop will be held next week in Madrid. Its aim that the teams present the current state of their project and theirs future plans.  The organizers will evaluate every team based on the 10 criteria. Besides, we will have the opportunity to meet in person with the representatives of other teams. Our...
Team of Technical University Denmark at Solar Decathlon

Team of Technical University Denmark at Solar Decathlon

As a first step, about 200 students participated in DTU?s Solar Decathlon 13-week innovative idea and design-courses in the spring of 2011. The interesting ideas were collected and discussed twice in June in a framework of a three-week workshop, where the manufacturing partners were also invited. The first occasion was on 19th March that was...
SLIDES ? Mashrabiya in a new role at Solar Decathlon

SLIDES ? Mashrabiya in a new role at Solar Decathlon

Introduction Solar Decathlon is an international competition between universities, in which participants? task to design and build solely solar-powered houses. The winner is who collects the most of the points in the ten tests. The next Solar Decathlon Europe competition will be held in Madrid, in September 2012. The American University in Cairo (AUC) has become the first Middle Eastern or African team, which has succeeded to be among the participants...
House of the (Rising) SunBloc ? the UK project for Solar Decathlon Europe

House of the (Rising) SunBloc ? the UK project for Solar Decathlon Europe

Green architecture in the UK is in its infancy. Although more advanced throughout Europe, the UK has yet to catch up. In order to raise awareness of the options available in relation to green architecture, renewable energy sources and the importance of energy efficiency ? organisations and associations must collaborate across industry to provide and educate. To...
More news about lot selection

More news about lot selection

As we have already reported, the selection of lots happened on 21st July, where the participating teams will build up their houses in Madrid 2012. We announced yesterday that we successfully got lot number 10, and we are very happy with it. The other teams? choices can be seen in this table: Lot University Team?s...