German Solar decathlon house Coated DIFFERENCE win!

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Team Germany Design houses

German team, which consists of 24 students, comes from the Technische Universität Darmstadt won the highest award in the category Net Measurement Techniques, steamrolling Decathlon competition to secure their second win. Design houses that made this year features a sleek, dark facade that almost completely covered in photovoltaic panels and can provide more than double the amount of energy required.

Solar Decathlon Winner Team Germany

Very much different from the German team that entered the year 2007, pushing the envelope surPLUShome in everything, from the use of new technologies for non-traditional architecture. The competition really comes from the sun in terms of efficiency and energy efficiency, with the aim to design and build the house clean zero.

German team, which consists of 24 students

So it really is not surprising that the German team that won, since they are very tight and impressive with Passivhaus building standards. The surPLUShome is the story of two cubes covered with a 11.1 kW PV system with panels on the roof (single-crystal silicon), side and front (thin film copper indium gallium diselenide). Inside, a multi-function room to operate as a kitchen, dining room, bathroom and bedroom.

German Solar decathlon house

Multi-purpose furniture is very good, and folds away to make space when not needed. Other important design features include custom-made vacuum insulated structural panels, boilers / heat pump system that provides hot water and warmth, and automatic louver window closed.

source : inhabitat, Team Germany’s surPLUShome, Solar Decathlon Standings & Scores

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