Solar Decathlon Africa


The Solar Decathlon AFRICA is an international competition that challenges collegiate teams to design and build houses powered exclusively by the sun. The winner of the competition is the team that is able to score the most points in ten contests.

Solar Decathlon AFRICA
Location(s)Ben Guerir, Morocco
Next eventSeptember 2019
Organised byUM6P & IRESEN [1]
Websitehttps://www.solardecathlonafrica.com

On November 15, 2016, the Moroccan Ministry of Energy, Mines, Water, and Sustainable development [2] ; the Moroccan Research Institute in Solar Energy and New Energies (IRESEN) [3]; and the United States Department of Energy signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the development of Solar Decathlon Africa, a competition that will integrate unique local and regional characteristics while following the philosophy, principles, and model of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. The competition is planned for September 2019.

This competition takes place during even years, alternating with the U.S.-based competition, Solar Decathlon by agreement between the United States and Moroccan governments.

Solar Decathlon Africa 2019

The 2019 edition of the Solar Decathlon Africa will take place in Ben Guerir, Morocco

Participants:

No.CountryTeam NameUniversities
1 Romania TEAM Modularity [4]
2 Morocco

 United States

 Inter House Team [5]
3 Morocco

 Malaysia

 TEAM A’ Free Home
  • National School of Architecture Fez - Morocco
  • Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
  • EMDD of Ecole supérieure de Technologie de Salé – Morocco
  • DESTEC of Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines – Morocco
4 Morocco

 France

 TEAM Africa Golden Riad
  • Ecole supérieure de Technologie de Fes- Morocco
  • University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour, Pau, France
5 Morocco

 Senegal

 TEAM Bayt-Akhdar [6]
6 MoroccoTEAM TADD-ART
7 Morocco

 United States

 Nigeria

 Team OCULUS
8 Morocco

 France

 TEAM PLUG & LIVE
9 Morocco

 Germany

 TEAM SUNIMPLANT
10 MoroccoTEAM TDART [9]
11 MoroccoTEAM THRIVE [10]
12 MoroccoTEAM CJEM
  • ECOLE HASSANIA DES TRAVAUX PUBLICS, Morocco
  • INSTITUT SUPÉRIEUR DU COMMERCE ET L'ADMINISTRATION DES ENTREPRISES, Morocco
  • EMINES-SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT, Morocco
13 South AfricaTEAM Mahali [11]
14 Morocco

 Germany

 Senegal

 Italy

 France

 TEAM Afrikataterre
15 Morocco

 United States

 India

 Mali

 Burkina Faso

 TEAM E-CO- Dar
  • University of Hassan II Casablanca, Morocco
  • National School of Architecture Rabat – Morocco
  • University of Seattle, Seattle, United States
  • Faculty of Science Rabat– Morocco
  • Avinashilingam University, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Centre Universitaire, technique et professionnel & Centre de recherche pour l’exécution des matériaux, Bamako - Mali
  • Ecole supérieure de technologie – Morocco
  • University Ouaga I Joseph Ki-Zerbo Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso
  • Ecole Nationale des sciences appliquées Kenitra – Morocco
16 Algeria

 Cameroon

 Tanzania

 Democratic Republic of the Congo

 TEAM Jua Jamii [12]
17 TurkeyTEAM BOSPHOROUS
18 Morocco

 United States

 Egypt

 TEAM DarnaSol [13]
19 MoroccoTEAM SOLARTIGMI
  • Ecole Marocaine des Sciences de l’Ingénieur-Morocco
20 MoroccoTEAM Solar-ution

Contests


  1. Architecture
  2. Engineering and Construction
  3. Market Appeal
  4. Comfort Conditions
  5. Appliances
  6. Sustainability
  7. Home life and entertainment
  8. Communication and Social Awareness
  9. Electrical Energy and Balance
  10. Innovation

See also

References
  1. "IRESEN – Institut de Recherche en Energie Solaire et Energies Nouvelles". www.iresen.org.
  2. "Site MEM". www.mem.gov.ma.
  3. "IRESEN – Institut de Recherche en Energie Solaire et Energies Nouvelles". www.iresen.org.
  5. "Home". Solar Decathlon Team.
  6. "Bayti_Akhdar". www.facebook.com.
  7. "Université mohammed-V Rabat". www.ensias.ma.
  8. "ENSAM-MEKNES - Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers de Meknès".
  10. "Thrive House". www.facebook.com.
  11. "Team Mahali SDA 2019". www.facebook.com.
  12. "Jua Jamii". www.facebook.com.
  13. "DarnaSol-Solar Decathlon Africa". www.facebook.com.
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