UNDER THE HIGH PATRONAGE OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING MOHAMMED VI
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SOLAR DECATHLON AFRICA
Design Challenge
JUNE 2024 - BEN GUERIR, MOROCCO
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SOLAR DECATHLON AFRICA

2019 Build Challenge Winners

BAYTI AKHDAR

Second Place

INTER HOUSE

First Place

SOLAR-UTION

Third Place

INTER HOUSE

First Place

BAYTI AKHDAR

Second Place

SOLAR-UTION

Third Place

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SOLAR DECATHLON AFRICA

IRESEN & UM6P are doing more than ever to support the solar & sustainable buildings industries in MOROCCO and AFRICA through the international collegiate competition Solar Decathlon AFRICA. IRESEN, UM6P and its partners are leading a continentwide effort to train and educate collegiate students to join the AFRICA’s rapidly growing solar & green buildings Market.

WHERE

Ben Guerir, Morocco

WHEN

13th to 27th september.

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2019 Build Challenge Results

2019 Build Challenge Participating Teams

Rachid YAZAMI
Robert Adande
Journalist, Communication and Public Relations Consultant at Label TV
Abderrahim BEN ELHIRCHE
Energy Program Director at JESA
Mohammed El Mankibi
Research Director at ENTPE- LTDS (University of Lyon)
Nadia MACHKOUR
Professor at ENSAM Casablanca
Philip HORN
Research Engineer at Sustainable Thermal Energy Systems in the Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
Istvan NAGY
Head of international development at ÉMI Non-profit Llc. for Quality Control and Innovation in Building
Michiel RITZEN
Senior Researcher at Zuyd University specialist in sustainable and circular building technology
Jason CODY
Professor at Lake Forest College
Mohamed LAHRICHI
Founder and CEO of ABC energy
Bobby VANCE
Project Lead of FutureHAUS - SDME Professor of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virgina Tech Center for Design Research*
Hajjaj MOUSSAID
Lead Mechanics- Mines technical expertise center
Jens PFAFFEROTT
Senior researcher at Offenburg University of Applied Sciences
Younes DIOURI
Architect/CEO of YDA Architects
Stacy HUNT
Sponsorship and event manager at DOE-SD
Touria BARRADI
Professor at Ecole Centrale Casablanca - Member of the Research and Industrial Innovation comittee at Fenelec
Martí OBIOLS GALI
Architect
Michael JEMTURED
Founding and Managing Director at FARMM
Nouredine KOMIHA
Architect/CEO of KOMIHA Agency
Peter RUSELL
Professor of Computation in Architecture at TU Delft, Charter Member, Council of Experts in SDE
Zouheir TOUZANI
Marketing & communication Director at Menara Holding
M. Ahmed ENNAOUI
Chairman of the scientific council at IRESEN, Physician and Materials Scientist, Expert in thin film emerging technology
Omar AGODIM
National Project Coordinator of the Global Cleantech Innovation Program Morocco – UNIDO
Mohamed EL HAOUARI
Energy Efficiency Director at AMEE
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2019 Build Challenge Jurors

we have the immense pleasure to present to you the Solar Decathlon Africa jurors

ALL JURORS
20
COUNTRIES
18
TEAMS
54
UNIVERSITIES
1200
STUDENTS

CONTESTS

Architecture

Innovation

Market appeal

Comfort Conditions

Appliances

Sustainability

Home life and entertainment

Communication and Social Awareness

Electrical Energy and Balance

Engineering and Construction

African Architectural Heritage

Buildings in Africa are closely linked to culture, religion and the environment. Each region builds with local materials creating the effect that the buildings themselves are an extension of the earth. Religious symbols are incorporated into building decoration and structures are designed with daily life in mind. African buildings often overcome problems such as weather or comfort using very practical and simple solutions. For example, the Medina in Fez, Morocco was built with thick walled houses and narrow streets to block out the hot summer sun and retain heat in the cold winters. This simple solution has been effective for hundreds of years. There is a beauty to the way African architecture considers these factors to create elegant and practical buildings.

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2019 Build Challenge Sponsors