The Solar Decathlon China (SDC) is a cooperative student competition in
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
focused on the design and construction of sustainable housing. It was instituted in 2011 during the
Strategic Economic Dialogue The China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) was a framework for the United States and the People's Republic of China to discuss topics related to economic relations between them. The SED was initiated in 2006 by President George W. Bush and Pre ...
between China and the United States. Competitions took place in 2013, 2018 and 2022.
Solar Decathlon China 2018
The 2018 edition took place in
Dezhou, in the province of
Shandong
Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region.
Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...
.
The top finishers were:
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South China University of Technology
The South China University of Technology (SCUT; ) is a public university in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. The university is co-sponsored by the China Ministry of Education and the Guangdong Provincial People's Government.
The university is a mult ...
and
Polytechnic University of Turin
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Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University (; abbreviation, abbr. THU) is a National university, national Public university, public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Minis ...
# There was a tie for the 3rd place with , : Southeast University and Technical University of Braunschweig being on par with , : Shandong University, Xiamen University, National Institute of Applied Sciences of Rennes, University of Rennes 1/Superior School of Engineering of Rennes, University of Rennes 2/Institute of Management and Urbanism of Rennes, High School Joliot Curie of Rennes, Technical School of Compagnons du Devoir of Rennes, European Academy of Art in Brittany (EESAB), National School of Architecture of Brittany
The other participating teams were:
* :
Beijing Jiaotong University
Beijing Jiaotong University (Chinese: 北京交通大学), formerly Northern Jiaotong University, is one of the oldest public universities in mainland China. The main campus is located in the Haidian District in central Beijing. Its coordinates ...
* :
The University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. HKU was also the fir ...
* : College of Management Academic Studies (COMAS) Afeka College
* :
McGill University
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and
Concordia University
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* , : New Jersey Institute of Technology and Fujian University of Technology
* :
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
* : Shenyang Institute of Engineering
* , : Shanghai Jiaotong University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
* :
Hunan University
* : Seoul National University, Sung Kyun Kwan University, AJOU University
* :
Shanghai University of Engineering Science
Shanghai University of Engineering Science (SUES; ) is a public university located in Shanghai, China. It was originally established in 1978 under the name of Shanghai Jiao Tong University Electrical & Mechanical Branch () and merged with a bra ...
* , : Tongji University and Technical University of Darmstadt
* :
University of Toronto
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, Ryerson University, Seneca College
* : University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China
* : Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology
* , : Xi'an Jiaotong University and Western New England University
* , : Yantai University and Illinois Institute of Technology
* : Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul Kültür University, Yildiz Technical University
Solar Decathlon China 2013
The first Solar Decathlon China was held in Datong, China, August 2–13, 2013.
The top finishers were:
* :
University of Wollongong
The University of Wollongong (abbreviated as UOW) is an Australian public research university located in the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, approximately 80 kilometres south of Sydney. As of 2017, the university had an enrolment of ...
* :
South China University of Technology
The South China University of Technology (SCUT; ) is a public university in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. The university is co-sponsored by the China Ministry of Education and the Guangdong Provincial People's Government.
The university is a mult ...
* :
Chalmers University of Technology
Chalmers University of Technology ( sv, Chalmers tekniska högskola, often shortened to Chalmers) is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that conducts research and education in technology and natural sciences at a high international level ...
(Sweden)
The other participating teams were:
# , : Tsinghua University and Florida International University
# , : Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Ghent University, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute
# : Abbaspour University of Technology
# , : Peking University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
# : Tel Aviv University, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Neri Bloomfield School of Design and Education, College of Management Academic Studies
# : Inner Mongolia University of Technology
# , : Alfred State College and Guilin University of Technology and Alfred University
# , : London Metropolitan University and Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
# : Shandong Jianzhu University
# : Shanghai Jiaotong University
# : Southeast University
# , : Beijing Jiaotong University and Bern University of Applied Sciences
# , : New Jersey Institute of Technology and Harbin Institute of Technology
# : Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
# : Xiamen University
# : Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology
# : National University of Singapore
See also
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Solar Decathlon
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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. ...
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Solar Decathlon Europe
The Solar Decathlon Europe (SDE) 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 t ...
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Solar Decathlon Latin America and Caribbean
The Solar Decathlon is an initiative of the Department of Energy of the United States (DOE) in which universities around the world compete with the design and construction of sustainable housing that works 100% with solar energy. It is called � ...
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Solar Decathlon Middle East
The 2018 edition of the Solar Decathlon Middle East will take place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Solar Decathlon Middle East 2018
The teams selected to compete in Solar Decathlon Middle East 2018 are:
* : Team Aqua Green Ajman University o ...
References
External links
U.S. Department of Energy Solar DecathlonSolar Decathlon Europe 2010 & 2012
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Sustainable building
Building engineering
Sustainable architecture
Low-energy building
Energy conservation
Solar Decathlon