Salut Versailles! Solar Decathlon Europe Opens to Visitors
Tuesday, June 24, 2014By Carol Laurie
On June 28, 20 competition houses from 17 countries and three continents open to visitors in La Cité du Soleil—Solar Decathlon Europe’s solar city in Versailles, France.
Two of the 20 teams represent U.S.-European partnerships:
- Team Inside Out (Rhode Island School of Design, Brown University, and Germany’s University of Applied Sciences–Erfurt)
- Team Réciprocité (Appalachian State University and France’s Université d’Angers).
Maison Réciprocité, the competition house of the Appalachian State University and Université d’Angers team, is shown under construction at Solar Decathlon Europe 2014 in Versailles, France. (Credit: Maureen Clapper)
Keep up with their live monitoring and scoring results on the competition’s home page. You can also keep pace with all the fun on the Solar Decathlon Europe events calendar. In addition, you can find information about the team projects in the projects profile.
Members of Team Réciprocité (Appalachian State University and Université d’Angers) show their team spirit at the Solar Decathlon Europe 2014 welcome ceremony on June 15. (Credit: Solar Decathlon Europe)
La Cité du Soleil is open to the public from June 28 to July 14. The solar houses are open for visits:
- Weekdays – 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- Weekends – 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Solar Decathlon Europe, a complementary competition to the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon, was hosted by Spain for its first two competitions in 2010 and 2012.
Carol Laurie is the communications manager of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.