La HEAD competing for the 2017 Solar Decathlon Challenge

Thursday 5 October 2017 to Sunday 15 October 2017

Participation of the HEAD's students from the Visual communication Departement for the 2017 Solar Decathlon international competition organized by the US Department of Energy. The aim of this competition is to promote the use of renewable solar energy.

Competition Solar Decathlon October 5-15, 2017 in Denver (USA)
October 5 Opening Ceremony
October 13 Proclamation of results architecture and water management
October 14 Proclamation of results communication and innovation & events Solar Décathlon
October 15 Proclamation of engineering results and market analysis & closing ceremony

Place: nearby the station 61st & Peña of the train line of the airport of Denver

As part of the International Solar Decathlon 2017 competition, the Swiss team, composed of students from the Geneva School of Art and Design (HEAD), the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), the University of Freiburg (UNIFR) and la Haute école d’ingénierie et d’architecture de Fribourg (HEIA-FR), developed the Swiss Living Challenge project and realized on a 1: 1 scale a prototype of a solar house called "NeighborHub".
The aim of the Swiss Living Challenge project is to encourage the Swiss population to reduce their energy consumption and preserve the world's natural resources. It proposes alternatives at several levels (energy, water and waste management, mobility, food, materials and biodiversity) that suggest that people take sustainable actions with technical equipment and structures.
The competition is based on 10 criteria: Architecture, Market potential, Engineering, Communication, Innovation, Health & comfort, Household appliances, Exploitation, Water management, Energy.

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