NUST team competes in Dubai to create a fully solar-powered house
Team BGreen is the first Pakistani group to compete in the Solar Decathlon
The NUST team is among the top 22 which were selected from 16 different countries. PHOTO: Team BGreen Website
A team of National University of Science and Technology (NUST) students is participating in a competition for the first time to design a fully solar-powered house.
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NUST’s Team BGreen is the first Pakistani group to compete in the Solar Decathlon, a 10-series competition created by the US Department of Energy.
The competition will be hosted by Dubai in 2018 titled Solar Decathlon Middle East (SDME), which is aimed at students who design, build and operate a high performance and solar-powered house, according to the team’s website.
According to the website, "the main goal of this project is to propose a design that would integrate technology with previous methods to demonstrate a seamless control over the house functionalities."
The NUST team is among the top 22 which were selected from 16 different countries. It comprises faculty members and students from both the undergraduate and graduate programmes of university's architecture, engineering, and business backgrounds.
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Started in 2002, the Solar Decathlon has been organised in many parts of the world including the US, China and European countries.
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NUST’s Team BGreen is the first Pakistani group to compete in the Solar Decathlon, a 10-series competition created by the US Department of Energy.
The competition will be hosted by Dubai in 2018 titled Solar Decathlon Middle East (SDME), which is aimed at students who design, build and operate a high performance and solar-powered house, according to the team’s website.
According to the website, "the main goal of this project is to propose a design that would integrate technology with previous methods to demonstrate a seamless control over the house functionalities."
The NUST team is among the top 22 which were selected from 16 different countries. It comprises faculty members and students from both the undergraduate and graduate programmes of university's architecture, engineering, and business backgrounds.
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Started in 2002, the Solar Decathlon has been organised in many parts of the world including the US, China and European countries.