Swiss team's victory for Solar Decathlon competition in Denver
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The NeighborHub, a solar community house, convinced the jury, and was awarded eight contests out of ten - six of them in the first place!
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The Swiss student Team wins the Solar Decathlon Competition 2017
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The Swiss team in Denver
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"NeighborHub", project of an ecological house by Swiss team "Swiss Living Challenge"
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"NeighborHub", project of an ecological house by Swiss team "Swiss Living Challenge"
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"NeighborHub", project of an ecological house by Swiss team "Swiss Living Challenge"
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"NeighborHub", project of an ecological house by Swiss team "Swiss Living Challenge"
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"NeighborHub", project of an ecological house by Swiss team "Swiss Living Challenge"
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L'équipe suisse en lice pour le Solar Decathlon 2017
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Présentation du projet NeighborHub de l'équipe suisse
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A dazzling victory for Switzerland at the Solar Decathlon 2017 competition !

October 2017

The Swiss team and their solar house, the NeighborHub, won the prestigious Solar Decathlon 2017 competition in the Unites States. The Swiss Living Challenge and its multidisciplinary team - 4 schools, 250 students, 150 supervisors from the professional and academic sectors, and close to 50 sponsors - culminated with the highest award. This unique experience is not only an important victory, but also an unforgettable and educational human adventure.

The innovative "NeighborHub" solar home project, championed by the Swiss team, Swiss Living Challenge, composed of students in Visual Communication and Interior Architecture of the HEAD – Genève, students of the Ecole Polytechnique Féderale de Lausanne (EPFL), the Haute école d'ingénérie et d'architecture Fribourg  (HEIA-FR) and the University of Fribourg (UNIFR), won a spectacular victory in Denver Sustainable Housing Solar Decathlon of the US Department of Energy.

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The NeighborHub, a solar community house, convinced the jury, and was awarded eight contests out of ten - six of them in the first place!

The objective of this house was to eventually become an eco-responsible and unifying place that united the citizens of the neighborhood to encourage them to opt for a more sustainable future. The Swiss team is the only one to have developed a neighborhood house scenario with 7 focus areas on energy, mobility, materials, biodiversity, food, waste management and management some water. The multidisciplinarity and complementarity of the profiles of the participants, consisting of architects, engineers, economists and communicators, contributed greatly to the victory of this team, which embodies the fundamental values ​​defended by its NeighborHub in making sharing the engine of its success.

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