Solar Decathlon Europe

The Solar Decathlon Europe is an international student-based Competition that challenges collegiate Teams to design, build and operate highly efficient and innovative buildings powered by renewable energy. The winner of the Competition is the Team able to score the most points in 10 contests.
On Oct. 18, 2007, the Spanish and U.S. governments signed a memorandum of understanding in which the Spanish Ministry of Housing committed to organise and host a Solar Decathlon in Europe. The agreement was signed in Washington, D.C., next to the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid's Casa Solar during the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2007 Competition. The American signatory was Alexander A. Karsner, assistant secretary of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Department of the U.S. Department of Energy, with Fernando Magro Fernández, undersecretary of housing of the Ministry of Housing representing the Spanish government.

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Solar Decathlon Europe 2010

Modeled after the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon, the first Solar Decathlon Europe took place in Madrid, Spain, in June 2010. Decathletes from 17 Teams spent 10 days competing in the Villa Solar near the Royal Palace of Madrid. A combination of task completion, measurement, and jury scoring determined Solar Decathlon Europe's first champion: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University with Lumenhaus project.
Final results:

Rank	Country	Team/House	University	Total points
1		Lumenhaus	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, United States	812
2		Team Ikaros	Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences, Germany	811
3		home+	Stuttgart Technology University of Applied Sciences	808
4		Armadillo Box	Ecole National Supérieure d'architecture de Grenoble	794
5		Luukku	Helsinki University of Technology	777
6		Team Wuppertal	University of Wuppertal, Germany	773
7		Napevomo	Arts et Métiers ParisTech	763
8		RE:FOCUS	University of Florida	743
9		SMLhouse	CEU Cardinal Herrera University	737
10		LIVINGEQUIA	HTW Berlin Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin, Germany	729
11		Bambu House	Tongji University, Shanghai, China	683
12		Solarkit	University of Seville, Spain	678
13		Low3	Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain	668
14		La Envolvente del Urcomante	University of Valladolid, Spain	648
15		H.O.U.S.E	University of Nottingham, United Kingdom	641
16		Sunflower	Tianjin University, Tianjin, China	585
17		Fab Lab House	Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain	583

Solar Decathlon Europe 2012

Second edition of the Solar Decathlon Europe was held from Sept. 14–30, 2012, in Madrid, Spain in the Casa de Campo. The final standings of its 18 competitors were:

Rank	Country	Team/House	University	Total points
1		Rhône Alpes/Canopea	École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Grenoble	908.72
2		Andalucía Team/Patio 2.12	Universidades de Sevilla, Jaén, Granada, and Málaga	897.39
3		Med in Italy	Universitá Degli Studi di Roma Tre, Sapienza Universitá di Roma, Free University of Bozen, and Fraunhofer Italy	863.49
4		ECOLAR	University of Applied Sciences Konstanz	835
5		RWTH Aachen University	RWTH Aachen University	819.31
6		Odooproject/Odoo	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	766.98
7		CEU Team Valencia/SML System	Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera	765.98
8		co Team/ co	Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya	731.57
9		Team PRISPA	"Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urbanism, Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest, and Politehnica University of Bucharest	719.16
10		Team DTU/Fold	Technical University of Denmark	715.59
11		Tongji Team/Para EcoHouse	Tongji University, Shanghai, China	686.88
12		EHU Team/Ekohouse	Universidad del País Vasco – Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea	684.20
13		Aquitaine Bordeaux Campus/Sumbiosi	Bordeaux University	674.80
14		Team Brasil/Ekó House	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina and Universidade de São Paulo	670.99
15		Chiba University/The Omotenashi House	Chiba University	641.91
16		cem+nem-/cem’ casas em movimento	Universidade do Porto	538.29
17	,	Astonyshine Team/ Astonyshine	Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture Paris – Malaquais, Universitá di Ferrara, Ecole des Ponts Paristech, and Politecnico di Bari	416.49
18		Universidad de Zaragoza Team/Pi House	Universidad de Zaragoza	371.48

Solar Decathlon Europe 2014

Solar Decathlon Europe 2014 took place in Versailles, France, June 28–July 14, 2014.
Official final results:

Rank	Country	Team	University	Total points
1		Team Rhome4 DenCity	Roma Tre University, Italy	840.63
2		Team Atlantic Challenge	ENSA Nantes, ESB, Audencia Group, Audencia Nantes, École des mines de Nantes, ISSBA, IUT Nantes, Architectes Ingénieurs Associés, Atlansun, Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel, Medieco, Novabuild, SAMOA, and SCE	839.75
3		Team Prêt-à-Loger	Delft University of Technology	837.87
4		Team Rooftop	University of the Arts Berlin and Technische Universität Berlin	823.42
5		Team Lucerne-Suisse	Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – School of Engineering and Architecture	804.75
6		Team FENIX - UTFSM	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaiso and University of La Rochelle – Espace Bois de l'IUT	802.42
7		Team OnTop	Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences	793.71
8		Team DTU	Technical University of Denmark	780.01
9		Team Reciprocite	University of Angers and Appalachian State University	776.92
10		Team Barcelona Tech 2014	Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona	776.24
11		Team Chiba University Japan	Chiba University	774.09
12		Team NCTU - UNICODE	National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University	772.15
13		Team MEXICO	National Autonomous University of Mexico and the Center of Research in Industrial Design and the School of Engineering and the School of Arts	760.17
14		Team Inside out	Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island, Brown University, Rhode Island, and University of Applied Sciences – Erfurt	657.46
15		Team Plateau	University of Alcalá and University of Castilla-La Mancha, Madrid	650.44
16		Team TEC	Costa Rica Institute of Technology, Cartago	588.8
17		Team Kmutt	King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi,	508.15
18		Team SHUNYA	Academy of Architecture and Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	452.3
19		Team EFdeN	Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest, Politehnica University of Bucharest, and Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism,	348.49
20		Team UPE	University of Paris-Est, ENSA Paris Malaquais, ENSA Marne la Vallée, ESTP Paris, École des ponts ParisTech, ESIEE Paris, ENSG, and French institute of science and technology for transport, spatial planning, development and networks	268.81

And substitute Teams:

: University of Zagreb / Team
: Politecnico di Torino / Team Sunslice
: VIA University College / Universitat Jaume I / équipe
: Politehnica University of Timișoara / West University of Timișoara / ''''''

Solar Decathlon Europe after 2014 and the Energy Enedeavour Foundation

After the Solar Decathlon Europe in 2014, previous organisers, participants, supporters and decathletes worked to create a vehicle for the longevity of the Solar Decathlon in Europe. The culmination of this work was the creation of the in 2016/2017 with the endorsement of the United States Department of Energy to steward the Solar Decathlon in Europe. The EEF subsequently issued a Call for Cities for the 2019 edition, which was awarded to Szentendre, Hungary in March 2017.
From this point onward the Energy Endeavour Foundation has fulfilled its stewarding role to the SDE editions organisers. Drawing upon the input of the, the EEF provides continuity from one SDE edition to the next.

Solar Decathlon Europe 2019

Solar Decathlon Europe 2019 took place in Szentendre, Hungary, July 12–July 28, 2019.
Official results:

Rank	Country	Team	University	Total points
1		Team Habiter	École nationale supérieure d'architecture et de paysage de Lille, France	853.483
2		'	Delft University of Technology	851.791
3		Team	Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest, Romania	802.501
4		The	Ghent University, Belgium	794.683
5		Team Someshine	University of Miskolc, Hungary	755.957
6		'	Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain	744.471
7			King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand	733.974
8		Team	Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain	717.966
9		Team Koeb	Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary	696.416
10		Proyecto	Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona	691.556

Solar Decathlon Europe 2021/2022

In July 2018 the Energy Endeavour Foundation issued the Call for Cities for the 2021 edition of the Solar Decathlon Europe. In early 2019, the EEF designated the city of Wuppertal,, as the host city for the SDE21, led by a team from the University of Wuppertal and the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy. Due to the COVID19 health crisis the Solar Decathlon Europe 2021 was postponed, and took between June 10 and June 26, 2022. The SDE21>22 took place on the Utopiastadt Campus. Utopiastadt participated in the "Solar Decathlon goes urban" concept of the 2021 competition.
The SDE21 Call for Teams was open until October 25, 2019, leading to the selection of 18 Teams from 11 countries. This edition of the SDE focuses on the requalification of urban environments, challenging the participating Teams in resolving one of three possible urban solutions: renovation and extension, closing gaps, and addition of stories.
The Teams that competed in the SDE21>22 were:

, Grenoble, Grenoble School of Architecture, .
, Valencia, Polytechnic University of Valencia, .
, Gothenburg, Chalmers University of Technology, .
, Stuttgart, Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences, .
/, Istanbul / Lübeck, Istanbul Technical University / Lübeck Technical University of Applied Sciences, Deeply High.
, Bucharest, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning, .
, Prague, Czech Technical University in Prague, .
, Taipei, National Chiao Tung University, .
, Rosenheim, Rosenheim Technical University of Applied Sciences, .
, Aachen, FH Aachen, .
, Pécs, University of Pécs, .
, Düsseldorf, Hochschule Düsseldorf, .
, Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, .
, Delft, Delft University of Technology, .
, Eindhoven, Eindhoven University of Technology, .
, Biberach, Biberach University of Applied Science, .

Two Teams from Bangkok, Thailand, from Bangkok University and from King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi were unable to participate onsite due to high transportation costs.
Final ranking
1. Platz: Team RoofKIT, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
2. Platz: Team VIRTUe, Eindhoven University of Technology
3. Platz : Team SUM, Delft University of Technology und Team AuRA, Grenoble National School of Architecture

Solar Decathlon Europe 2023

The Call for Cities for the Solar Decathlon Europe 2023 was launched on July 14, 2020, by the Energy Endeavour Foundation. On April 7, 2021, the Capital City of Romania, Bucharest was designed as Host City for the .
In January 2022, through a joint decision between The Energy Endeavour Foundation and the Solar Decathlon Bucharesti Association,, the .
The Closure was a result of continued repercussions caused by the COVID pandemic, which created high uncertainty and volatility, with ensuing economic, social, and public health challenges.