Dániel Lőrincz Student of Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), BSc degree, Industrial product and design Engineer 1. Why did you join the project? At the beginning of the project Adrian asked me if I could help him to organize such a competition at our university. His initiative was sympathetic for several reasons so I...
On 17th September (Saturday) from 4 pm the Chain Bridge will be transformed into the bridge of sciences and innovations, where the Odooproject will also represent itself. Come and meet with us in person! More information can be found on the Facebook page of the event: http://www.facebook.com/tudomanyokhidja
Student of Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), 4th year BSc degree, Energy Engineer 1. Why did you join the project? At that time I was really went into the study of different cooling methods. Through friends, who were already in the team, I got to know that they could use a man who is...
Our team finds important the promotion of our project and the competition not only in the media or on exhibitions but among University students as well. As the project move forward, we will need new team members, so we connected the pleasure with the useful and held a short presentation about the Solar Decathlon for...
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...
Student of Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), 4th year BSc degree, Energy Engineer 1. Why did you join the project? Curiosity. On the one hand, as an energy engineer the topic of solar energy drew up my attention and I felt that I can be useful for the team; on the other hand I?m...
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...
Student of Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), 3rd year in the traditional 5-year degree, Architect 1, Why did you join the project? Since the beginning of my studies I?m interested in the environmentally conscious architectural thinking, because its existence is unquestionable. I attended several subjects in this topic and also wrote in this...
When we imagined the house everything was easy to operate: a simple touch turned on the light, with smoothing the light was fading and with a subtle gesture the house became asleep. In our house there were no plastic buttons, switches, knobs, just simple, in the wall-fitting natural surfaces that guess people?s thought from a...
Student of Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), 3rd year Bsc degree, Mechatronic Engineer 1. Why did you join the project? When I first met with the project, what I like the most that it is a whole (fully completing the mean of the word ?whole?) planning task. As much as I would like...
Recent successes After a long polishing, the final architectural concept about the house of BME?s Solar Decathlon team is ready, in which they describe their objectives and the principles of house?s formation. The building 1:25 scale model with the other team?s models took part in an exhibition in Barcelona, where it received good feedbacks. An...
Student of Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), 5th year Bsc degree, Business Administration and Management. 1. Why did you join the Odooproject? I joined the project last summer, if I remember correctly as third or fourth, Adrian mentioned it during a common holiday that he needs somebody, who arranges finances. Because I love challenges...