Six months from now, on June 27, 2014, the 2014 Solar Decathlon Europe will kick-off. The Decathlon will be held in Versailles, France and run from June 27 through July 14. The participating teams are:
* Lucerne University of Applied Science and Arts – School of Engineering and Architecture * Universidad de Castilla – La Mancha and Universidad de Alcala de Henares University
* Chiba University
* ENSA Nantes, ESB, Audencia Group, Audencia Nantes, Ecole des Mines Nantes, ISSBA, IUT Nantes, Architectes, Ingenieurs Associes, Atlansun, Institut des Materiaux Jean Rouxel, Medieco, Novabuild, SAMOA, and SCE * Technical Institute of Denmark * Academy of Architecture and IIT Bombay * Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria – Valparaiso and Universite de La Rochelle – Espace Bois de I’IUT * Universite d’Angers and Appalachian State University * University of the Arts Berlin and Technical University of Berlin * Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, University Politehnica of Bucharest, and University of Architecture and Urbanism “Ion Mincu”
* Rhode Island School of Design, Brown University, and University o Applied Sciences – Erfurt * Delft University of Technology * University of Applied Science Frankfurt am Main * Costa Rica Institute of Technology – Cartago
* Universite Paris-Est, ENSA Paris Malaquais, ENSA Marne la Vallee, ESTP Paris, Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech, ESIEE Paris, ENSG, and IFSTTAR * Universita Degli Studi di Roma TRE * King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi * Universitat Politecnica de Caralunya – Barcelona * National Chiao Tung University * Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and the Center of Research in Industrial Design and the School of Engineering and the School of Arts
Additional Resources: U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon; Solar Decathlon Europe