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28. Jun 2010 - Solar Decathlon Europe: Rosenheim and Stuttgart in second and third place

Yesterday, the winners of the Solar Decathlon Europe were announced in Madrid. After ten days of construction with unusually severe rain, the 17 international university teams had to contend with numerous individual disciplines and comprehensive measurement evaluations during the ten days of competition. The winners of the international building decathlon have now been announced: The university team from Virginia (USA) won first place, while the German university teams from Rosenheim and Stuttgart were respectively awarded second and third place.

Das Gelände des Solar Decathlon Europe in Madrid liegt am Ufer des Rio Manzanares, vis á vis zum Spanischen Königspalast.
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25. Jun 2010 - Solar Decathlon Europe: Competition on the home stretch

At the international Solar Decathlon Europe building competition, points were awarded yesterday in the Sustainability discipline. The German university team from Stuttgart managed to gain third place. With the points already awarded in the disciplines Architecture, Planning and Construction and Communication and Marketing Potential, the intermediate results are as follows: the team from Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences in Germany is in third place just behind the Spanish team from Barcelona and the US team from Virginia, and is thus well placed in terms of the overall scoring.

Das Team Berlin feiert Richtfest für sein prototypisches Gebäude, das ein Wettbewerbsbeitrag für den Solar Decathlon Europe 2010 in Madrid ist.
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24. Feb 2010 - Solar Decathlon Europe: Four teams well under way

The four German university teams taking part in this year’s Solar Decathlon Europe will have their work cut out if they are to have any chance of winning in Madrid in June this year. Nevertheless, the Berlin team achieved an important milestone today when it performed the topping-out ceremony. The students celebrated the completion of the framework structure for the building they are entering in the international university competition.

Today, the start signal was given for an international competition at the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology in Berlin. Four teams of students from Germany presented the current state of their designs for the competition.
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04. Dec 2009 - Solar Decathlon Europe: Start signal for Madrid

Today, the start signal was given for an international competition at the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology in Berlin. During the event, four teams of students from Germany presented the current state of their designs for the competition in Madrid. This is where the Solar Decathlon Europe is being held in July 2010. This international, university-based competition originates from the USA and is taking place for the first time in Europe in 2010.

Auf dem PCM-Symposium am 10.-11. November in Karlsruhe konferierten mehr als 130 Experten aus Forschung und Praxis über die Einsatzmöglichkeiten von PCM-Materialien in Bauprodukten und Gebäudetechnik.
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12. Nov 2009 - PCM research conference in Karlsruhe

More than 130 experts from research and practice met on 10-11 November to discuss the potential applications for phase change materials (PCM) in construction products and building services technology. Office environments can be improved through the use of PCM as temperature peaks can be successfully cut without the need for costly air-conditioning.


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