AIR House: Czech Student Team Took 3rd Place in Solar Decathlon 2013
AIR House: Czech Student Team Took 3rd Place in Solar Decathlon 2013
1 PagesAIR House: Czech Student Team Took 3rd Place in Solar Decathlon 2013 The student team from the Czech Technical University (CVUT) in Prague took third place overall in the Solar Decathlon 2013, an engineering competition which is organized biennially by the U.S. Department of Energy. The competition challenged 20 collegiate teams from around the world to design, build, and operate an energy-efficient solar-powered house. The CVUT team was the first Czech participant in this prestigious contest. The students chose RFEM, Dlubal‘s FEA program for structural analysis, to design the competition house. The Solar Decathlon Competition The objective of the Solar Decathlon is to promote innovative architecture which is sustainable, energy-efficient and with low operating costs.
