Virginia Tech Wins Solar Decathlon Europe
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Virginia Tech’s Lumenhaus was awarded first place at today’s Solar Decathlon Europe Closing Ceremony.
Congratulations to Virginia Tech, the winners of Solar Decathlon Europe 2010! Virginia Tech’s Lumenhaus was awarded first place overall in the Closing Ceremony of the competition Sunday evening in Madrid, Spain.
Second place in the international competition went to University of Applied Sciences Rosenheim. Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences placed third.
Also recognized Sunday was the University of Florida, which won the Internet-based public choice award.
The final standings are:
| Rank | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | 812 |
| 2 | University of Applied Sciences Rosenheim | 811 |
| 3 | Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences | 808 |
| 4 | Ecole National Supérieure d’architecture de Grenoble | 794 |
| 5 | Helsinki University of Technology | 777 |
| 6 | Bergische Universität Wuppertal | 773 |
| 7 | Arts et Métiers Paris Tech | 763 |
| 8 | University of Florida | 743 |
| 9 | Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera | 737 |
| 10 | Fachhochschule fur Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin | 729 |
| 11 | Tongji | 683 |
| 12 | Universidad de Sevilla | 678 |
| 13 | Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña | 668 |
| 14 | Universidad de Valladolid | 648 |
| 15 | University of Nottingham | 641 |
| 16 | Tianjin University | 585 |
| 17 | Instituto de Arquitectura Avanzada de Cataluña | 583 |
Congratulations to all the Solar Decathlon Europe teams!
August 22, 2010 at 7:58 pm
Wow! That’s awesome to see, I use to attend VT….Awesome update.
October 30, 2010 at 3:58 am
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