Description: The Solar Decathlon is a multidisciplinary student competition and this is the Webside of Fachhochschule Lübeck, Université Internationale de Rabat, Architecture Collège Universitaire, Institut Polytechnique Panafricain and CSFP-BTP
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The Solar Decathlon is a multidisciplinary student competition, which is known all over the world. It started in 2002, when the U.S. Department of Energy launched it the first time. Since then, this ambitious event takes place and every two years. Meanwhile there are also Solar Decathlon editions for China, Europe, Latin America and Caribbean and the Middle East.
In November 2016, the Moroccan Ministry of Energy, Mines and sustainable development, the Moroccan Research Institute for Solar Energy and New Energies (IRESEN) and the U.S. Department of Energy signed an agreement to develop the first Solar Decathlon Africa. The competition has been launched in December 2017 and will end by building the Solar Village in September 2019 in Ben Guerir/Morocco.
The main task for the participating teams is to develop a living space, whose main source of energy is the sun. Advanced technologies and innovation would allow these teams to use that source to its optimum. In this way a healthy living environment can be built without relying on fossil energy systems while even improving the well-being standards. Each team has one and a half year to design and construct a future oriented sustainable house.