Bucharest’s EFdeN Modular Home Is Part Home, Part Greenhouse
The EFdeN house consists of a cubic volume punctuated by a glass structure that brings an abundance of natural light into the living space. This greenhouse-like structure allows the modular house to...
View ArticleSimbcity Zero-Energy Additions Revive Decaying Housing Estates in Spain
Taking inspiration from the natural phenomenon of symbiosis, Plateau Team proposes "the colonization of the roofs of the target buildings with an extra level of construction." The additional level can...
View ArticleStudents Unveil Solar-Powered ‘Rooftop House’ for an Apartment Block in Berlin
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View ArticleSolar Liv-Lib’ Capsule Home is Powered by a Futuristic Energy-Generating Hub
The Liv-Lib' project consists of two elements: “hubs” and “habitation capsules.” The hubs are solar-powered urban infrastructure cores that contain technological and ecological systems necessary for...
View ArticleSolar-Powered Adaptive House Rises Above the Floods in Thailand
Designed to be ideally adapted to its environment, the Adaptive House responds to Thailand's tropical climate through passive environmental controls. Natural ventilation crosses through the home and up...
View ArticleCasa FENIX: Solar-Powered House Evolves Over Time to Shelter Victims of...
This particular project is based on the idea of evolution, which is why it starts out as a simple "survival module" in order to provide shelter and safety for people displaced by a natural disaster....
View ArticleChiba University’s Post-Disaster Renai House Wins Second Place in...
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View ArticleSolar-Powered OnTop House Can be Added to the Top of Almost Any Urban Home
The team from University of Applied Sciences Frankfurt am Main took a unique approach to this year’s Solar Decathlon by trying to solve urban housing issues. OnTop is a modular unit that can be...
View ArticleTeam Mexico’s Tiny, Space-Saving CASA Home Wins Engineering Prize at Solar...
Some of the major issues the project addresses are overcrowding, water shortage, pollution, insecurity, limited mobility, and energy deficits within the ZMVM. Team Mexico created a prototype as an...
View ArticleTec Team Costa Rica’s Tropika Home Facilitates Stronger Communities for...
Housing in Costa Rica used to resemble that of Spain, especially the fact that "central courtyards were the soul of the house." Over time however, growing insecurity and the influence of other cultures...
View ArticleSolar-Powered Techstyle Haus’ Futuristic Fabric Shell Drastically Reduces...
The 2014 Solar Decathlon Europe is an international competition that challenges 20 competing collegiate teams to design and build solar-powered, passive homes with cost-effective, consumer appeal....
View ArticleSolar Philéas: Modular Apartment Upgrade for 120-Year-Old French Building...
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View ArticlePret-a-Loger’s Home With a Skin of Solar Panels Wins Sustainability Prize at...
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View ArticleNCTU’s Energy Efficient Evaporative Cooling Orchid House Wins Best Urban...
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View ArticleRhOME for denCity’s Passive Solar Home Wins Grand Prize at Solar Decathlon...
The RhOME for denCity team consists of professors and researchers from the Architecture, Business Studies and Engineering departments of the Università degli Studi Roma Tre, and a department of...
View ArticleNexusHaus is an affordable, plus-energy house built for the 2015 Solar Decathlon
NexusHaus is an plus-energy affordable one-story pavilion built by the students from the Technische Universität München (TUM) and the University of Texas at Austin (UTA) for the Solar Decathlon...
View ArticleSolar-powered ShelteR3 is an off-the-grid home built to withstand tornadoes
Students at Crowder College and Drury University teamed up to design and build an off-the-grid, solar-powered house which could counter storms and tornados. ShelteR3 is based on three terms-respond,...
View ArticleTornado-Resistant Phoenix Solar House Rises From the Ashes After Natural...
The team includes students from three neighboring universities: the University of Louisville, Ball State University, and the University of Kentucky. Each of the universities provided a special kind of...
View ArticleSolar-powered DURAhome is a 100% self-sufficient shelter built for disaster...
The New York City College of Technology (NYCCT) developed the DURAhome—Diverse, Urban, Resilient, and Adaptable—for the 2015 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon that’ll kick off this Thursday,...
View ArticleThe Nest home is a solar-powered prefab made from recycled shipping containers
Students at the Missouri University of Science and Technology refurbished three disused shipping containers to build a house that proves zero-net homes can be affordable and reliable. The Nest Home was...
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