Decathlon Solar 2013
The winner of the competition for the most efficient house is for the LISI Project - Living inspired by sustainable innovation.
The Decathlon Solar is an international university competition whose objective is to build the most efficient home, with the sun as its only source of energy. The award will go to the house that consumes the least amount of natural resources and produces a minimum of waste during its life cycle. In addition, architecture, energy, comfort, socio-economic and strategic aspects are taken into account.
Every year the contest is held in a Country. During the final phase of the competition, each team has to set up their home, in an area open to the public that we callSolar Villa, where all of them can be visited, while facing the ten tests (hence the name "decathlon") that determine which is the winner of the edition.
Each of these teams can be supported by one or more universities, with the economic and technical collaboration of institutions and companies. The leading role throughout the process, from the beginning of the design to the last phase of the contest falls on the students, known as “decathletes”, tutored by a professor, the “Faculty Advisor”.
This year the competition corresponded to nineteen student-participants who in a short space of time should build the most efficient house in the town of Irvien, California.
The team that came first in the Decatlon Solar 2013 corresponds to the Austrian students (Vienna Technical University - Team Austria) with the most energy efficient house in the competition, which corresponds to "LISI - Living inspired by sustainable innovation" designated as a simple home for two people and adaptable to a variety of lifestyles and climatic zones.
Main characteristics of the winning Project Decatlon Solar 2013 (Casa LISI):
- Construction materials and insulation are fully sustainable, reusable and environmentally friendly made of wood, are easy to transport and offer indoor environmental comfort.
- Use of interchangeable architectural elements, creating a variety of conditions to form a kind of "cocoon" of protection against the occupants.
- Two courtyards create a balance between inside and outside and public and semi-public spaces.
- Passive solar design with bioclimatic house techniques, combined with an automated screen and awning system, provides shade to keep living spaces cool and comfortable.
- A patio herb garden that draws water from a rainwater reservoir.
- Convenience in storage, fully integrated into the walls, frees the main interior space from clutter.
- Designed as a flexible house, with potential for mass production. Modular and wooden construction that allows a quick and simple assembly (It is transported in modules), as well as a disassembly in the same conditions.
The project consists of three main zones: utility area, living room and adjoining patios that can be closed through flexible facades or open onto the living room on the north and south by fully opening their sliding energy-efficient windows. The services consist of a bathroom, bedroom and the facilities area to control the intelligent system of the house.
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