Self-sufficient solar houses: participation of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in the design ’’Solar Decathlon’’

Authors

  • Estefanía Caamaño Martín Instituto de Energía Solar, ETSI Telecomunicación, UPM
  • Javier Neila González ETS Arquitectura-Departamento de Construcción y Tecnología Arquitectónicas, UPM
  • Fco. Javier Jiménez Leube Centro de Domótica Integral, ETSI Telecomunicación, UPM
  • Miguel Ángel Egido Aguilera Instituto de Energía Solar, ETSI Telecomunicación, UPM
  • María J. J. Uzquiano ETS Arquitectura-Departamento de Construcción y Tecnología Arquitectónicas, UPM
  • José Miguel Gómez Osuna ETS Arquitectura-Departamento de Construcción y Tecnología Arquitectónicas, UPM
  • César Bedoya Frutos ETS Arquitectura-Departamento de Construcción y Tecnología Arquitectónicas, UPM
  • Luis Magdalena Layos Centro de Domótica Integral, ETSI Telecomunicación, UPM
  • Alfonso García Santos ETS Arquitectura-Departamento de Construcción y Tecnología Arquitectónicas, UPM

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/ic.2004.v56.i494.447

Abstract


The Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) has been selected to participate in an international design and construction contest of a self-sufficient solar house. The goal is to build something that would be both, comfortable and capable of dealing with modern equipments, and beyond that, finding harmony between technology and environment. This adventure is called Solar Decathlon. Represents a unique educational and investigative experience for this university in which alumni and professors of multiple disciplines collaborate in one project, making a sustainable house born in the merging of bioclimatic architecture, the use of solar energy and domotics.

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Published

2004-12-30

How to Cite

Caamaño Martín, E., Neila González, J., Jiménez Leube, F. J., Egido Aguilera, M. Ángel, Uzquiano, M. J. J., Gómez Osuna, J. M., Bedoya Frutos, C., Magdalena Layos, L., & García Santos, A. (2004). Self-sufficient solar houses: participation of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in the design ’’Solar Decathlon’’. Informes De La Construcción, 56(494), 35–46. https://doi.org/10.3989/ic.2004.v56.i494.447

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