SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2012PRESS RELEASE #5

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Table of contents TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................................................................................. 2  

PROJECT DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................................................... 3  

TEAM DTU ............................................................................................................................................................. 6  

THE CONCEPT OF FOLD ...................................................................................................................................... 10  

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK ............................................................................................................. 11  

SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2012 COMPETITION ........................................................................................... 11  

TEAM DTU FILM .................................................................................................................................................. 12  

COLLABORATING INSTITUTIONS AND SPONSORING COMPANIES .................................................................... 13  

Sponsoring companies ............................................................................................................................ 13  

Collaborating Institutions, Organisations and Companies ................................................................. 16  

CONTACT .............................................................................................................................................................. 17  

PROJECT IMAGES .................................................................................................................................................. 18  

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Project description Students of Technical University of Denmark, advised by professors and industry partners, formed Team DTU to create an innovative plus-energy house project and participate in an international competition Solar Decathlon Europe 2012. OUR MISSION is to provide energy-efficient solutions for housing issues through integrating design and existing technologies in combination with improved aesthetical appearance and comfort. Team DTU is participating in the international competition Solar Decathlon Europe 2012 with its project named FOLD. This is a house designed by the students at the Technical University of Denmark with the support from the professors and faculty supervisors, sponsors and other partners. This is a PLUS-ENERGY house, which means that it produces solar energy both for itself and for the society. FOLD is an innovative solution that brings together energy efficiency, solar energy use and enhanced living comfort. FOLD project proves that living sustainably and using energy-efficient solutions is also comfortable and enjoyable – this is the future of housing. A space for living that embraces the nature and urban surroundings and engages in a natural interaction with them is what we want to achieve. Since February 2011 Team DTU has been working on developing its project for the Solar Decathlon Europe competition. In December 2011 a mock-up representing part of FOLD was built, and it was presented to public on January 16th, 2012. In April and May 2012 the house itself was constructed at the campus of the Technical University of Denmark, and Team DTU celebrated the completion of the main house structure on May 14th 2012. Since then the work is focused on installing all the planned equipment in FOLD and decorating it according to the interior designs prepared by the students. One of the crucial parts – the solar panels – will also be installed in May. Topping out ceremony and transporting FOLD to Madrid The topping out ceremony is planned for June 13th 2012. The event will be open to public, and press representatives will be invited to attend the event. The so-called Rejsegilde, as this celebration is called in Danish, will be headed by the minister of energy, climate and buildings Martin Lidegaard. This is an important milestone for the team and the university, as it marks the accomplishment of the time and effort invested from all those involved in the project. After the celebration FOLD will go through series of tests to make sure that all systems are working providing a comfortanble and enjoyable experience of living in this innovative house. In July FOLD will be disassembled and sent to Madrid in order to be assembled again for the competition phase at Villa Solar in September 2012. The competition site will be open from September 14th to September 30th 2012 in Casa de Campo, Madrid.

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Key recent events

April 27th 2012: Presenting FOLD to HM The Queen Margrethe II

On April 27th, the Technical University of Denmark held its annual celebration honoring the attainment of

doctoral academic level and presenting awards for other academic achievements. The celebration, Årsfest,

gathered over 4,000 visitors, including Her Majesty The Queen Margrethe II, a number of ambassadors,

students and staff from DTU.

The Project Manager of Team DTU, Ulrik Eggert Knuth-Winterfeldt, was invited to present FOLD during

the reception held by the President of DTU Anders Bjarklev. We are excited to tell that HM The Queen

showed interest in the project, and had many questions and creative suggestions during the presentation of

FOLD. Receiving attention from HM The Queen and presenting the project to the guests of Årsfest is an

inspiring experience for the team and it shows that Solar Decathlon is a project that is important for the

future of sustainable housing and renewable energy use.

Photo: Thorkild Amdi Christensen

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March 8th 2012: Morten Østergaard visits FOLD

Morten Østergaard, the minister for research, innovation and higher education in Denmark visited FOLD

mock-up on March 8th. The minister came together with other officials to see the FOLD mock-up and speak

with the students about the competition and what the participation in the project means for them.

The main discussions were focused on the geometry challenges and on the particular objecticves of the

project. Team members highlighted that perfection in construction itself is not the core of the team’s work.

This area is very well developed, and team has always a vast pool of accumulated experiences to build on

when it comes to understanding certain possibilities of constructing elements of the house. FOLD is about

the innovative design and architecture, the creative view on the house of the future. Energy crisis that the

world is approaching creates the need for rethinking the whole approach to design and architecture that will

enable both excelling in energy-efficiency and in active use of renewable energy sources. Thus FOLD is a

prototype for new way of thinking about a living space of the future: comfortable, aesthetic and energy-

efficient.

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Team DTU Team DTU represents the Technical University of Denmark in the 2012 edition of the international competition Solar Decathlon Europe. It is a multidisciplinary team that combines students from various study backgrounds, such as architectural engineering, sustainability engineering, computer science, management. The team is supported by students from Copenhagen Business School in dealing with market viability of the project FOLD and team communications. The team is divided into eight sub-groups that take responsibility for certain aspects of participation in Solar Decathlon with FOLD project. The Project Management group is coordinating all the groups, keeping the overview and making sure the project develops coherently.

Project  Management:  Faculty  supervisors  

Site  Operation  Plan  

Structure  and  Construction  

Architecture  and  Design   Installations   Lifecycle  

Analysis   Market  Viability   Communications   Health  and  Safety  

Work  package  leaders  

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT Bjerne W Olsen Director, Professor Lotte Bjerregaard Jensen Associate Professor Ulrik Knuth-Winterfeldt BEng HEALTH AND SAFETY HS Team Coordinator Morten W. Jensen Diplomingeniør

Pihl & Søn A.S. HS Officer Salva (Elsa) Salvador Sustainable Energy MSc, Student HS Officer Niklas Poulsen MSc, Student HS Officer Bzhwen Kadir MSc, Student HS Officer Elian Hirsch Architectural Eng, Student INSTALLATIONS CONTROL SYSTEM Work Package Leader Dainius Griguzauskas MSc Computer, Student Work Package Members Phillip Nielsen Software, Student Søren Ollofson Software, Student Morten Schnack Civil BEng,Student Emil Refn Software, Student Carsen Nilsson BSc IT, Student Andreas Rask Jensen BSc IT, Student Anders Jensen BSc IT, Student Faculty Advisors Christian Jensen ELECTRICITY EQUIPMENT Work Package Leader Pavel Sevela Sustainable EnergyMSc, Student Work Package Members Søren Andersen MSc, Student Faculty Advisors Andrei Corches Beata Kardynal Bengt Peres Toke Rammer Nielsen Mark Fotoyant WATER Work Package Leader Mette Laursen Environmental Beng,Student Faculty Advisors Stefan Trapp Eva Eriksson

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PVT Work Package Leader Linette Nygård BEng, student PV-Support Frederik Truelsen BEng, student PVT Charge of Thermal Part Jon Børgesen Kent Nielsen HVAC Work Package Members Martynas Skrupskelis Sustainable EnergyMSc, Student Ongun Kazanci Sustainable EnergyMSc, Student Maria Alonso Alvarez Architectural Eng, Student MARKET VIABILITY Work Package Members Philippa Taul Management MSc, Student Riccardo Dalla Francesca Management MSc, Student STRUCTURE & CONSTRUCTION Work Package Leader Aksel Tønder Architectural Eng, Student Work Package Members Angela Martin Guerrero Architectural Eng, Student Marie Navntoft Jacobsen Architectural Eng, Student SITE OPERATION PLAN Work Package Leader Michael Nielsen Architectural Eng, Student Work Package Members Allan Døi Architectural Eng, Student Andreas Klestrup Architectural Eng, Student Tim Kjærsgaard Architectural Eng, Student Faculty Advisors Henrik Sevela Jørgen Bak COMMUNICATION Work Package Leader Natalia Dudareva Management MSc, Student LCA Work Package Members Malte Peter Wiedemann MSc, Student Rapheal Dornen MSc, Student Rita Gaspar MSc, Student Robert Fangel MSc, Student

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ARCHITECTURE – DESIGN Work Package Leader Lise Faurbjerg BEng, student Work Package Members Christian Nygaard

Sørensen BEng, student

Christina Eriksshøj BEng, student Kasper Villumsen BEng, student Mathilde Landgren BEng, student Niklas Frederiksen BEng, student Simon Kolby Christensen BEng, student Stine Redder Pedersen BEng, student

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The concept of FOLD FOLD is naive… and realistic. It believes in the utopia of a greener world. A world of responsibility. For the nature AND for the culture. Culture is the utmost offspring from nature. And like every responsible parent nature EMBRACES culture. It provides it with its resources. To benefit the most from nature culture has to TUNE into the premises of nature. Adapt. Adjust. Reenact. Play with its parental heritage. Growing up, learning from the nature and developing beyond it makes it a strong person. A responsible person. Sometimes an annoying overachiever. But when it comes down to basic value it always keeps its head cold and remembers its childhood learning: always SHARE the good stuff with your friends. FOLD is a house that took its shape from a FOLDED rectangular paper – a creative idea originating from the intensive brainstorming sessions of Team DTU in June 2011. This house has a SPACIOUS and NON-LINEAR structure that allows it to be flexible depending on the locality where it will be situated: the angle of the folding elements can be altered to allow for the maximum exposure of the solar cells towards the sun and as such improved energy-efficiency. At the center of the house is the TECHNICAL CORE, which contains all the technical installations and serves as the lungs of the house. It is not a part of the FOLD itself, and it is visually emphasized both from the inside and the outside the house. FOLD contains one bright and big room, and the existence of the core brings gravity into this space. The BALANCE of the floating space inside and the heavy and concentrated core gives a UNIQUE feeling and expression to FOLD. FOLD is a house that EMBRACES its inhabitants, surroundings and the resources available naturally, such as solar energy. FOLD becomes a natural and harmonic part of its surroundings, it is made to interact with surroundings and TUNE itself accordingly. Its design enables changing the structure depending on the geographical location where it will be placed. FOLD is producing energy. But not only for itself, is wants to SHARE with the community and give as much as it can.

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Technical University of Denmark The Technical University of Denmark (Danish: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet), often simply referred to as DTU, is situated to the north from Copenhagen, Denmark. For almost two centuries DTU has been dedicated to fulfilling the vision of H.C. Ørsted – the father of electromagnetism – who founded the university in 1829 to develop and create value using the natural sciences and the technical sciences to benefit society. Today, DTU is ranked as one of the foremost technical universities in Europe, continues to set new records in the number of publications, and persistently increase and develop our partnerships with industry, and assignments accomplished by DTU’s public sector consultancy. Official Webpage: www.dtu.dk

Solar Decathlon Europe 2012 Competition Solar Decathlon is a global student competition in which technical universities compete in designing, building and operating net-zero-energy houses. The competition started in 2006 and is hosted by the US Department of Energy and the Spanish Ministry of Housing. It takes place once a year in either Madrid or Washington. The Solar Decathlon events directly engage 10,000 students worldwide in curriculum-integrated projects. Student teams are multi-disciplinary and combine engineering and architectural skills. The Solar Decathlon focuses students’ work on solving major sustainability problems of the future. Solar Decathlon Europe 2012 will take place in Madrid, in Casa de Campo park close to the Lago metro station. The competition space will present the houses from each of the 20 participating teams. Solar Decathlon Europe official webpage: www.sdeurope.org

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Team DTU film To communicate our holistic approach to building design, a well-established Danish film company

FILMBUREAUET is making a film about the process of participation in the competition, thanks to the

sponsoring by REALDANIA. The concept of the film is to present the general storyline – Team DTU

designing and building FOLD to participate in Solar Decathlon Europe 2012 – along with the three core

concepts of sustainability as the subcases within the story.

The stories within the film will speak about the social, economic and energy issues of sustainable housing.

Each of the topics will be told through interviews with the team members directly working in those areas for

FOLD. The social aspects relate to architecture and design of the house: it is an essential element of life of its

inhabitants, making it a social place affecting the well-being of people and their comfort. Use of renewable

energy is the sustainable future for housing, and the economic aspects of making it affordable and financially

viable is crucial.

The filming has already started, and the 35-minute final version of the film is expected to be released in

December 2012. But before the final release we will present the screening of three sustainability cases during

the competition phase in VILLA SOLAR, Madrid on September 14th – 30th 2012.

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Collaborating institutions and sponsoring companies

Sponsoring companies Grundfos Grundfos is one of the world’s largest pump manufacturers, based in Denmark - with more than 18,000 employees globally. They are currently ranked as a Platinum Sponsor, and will provide Team DTU with equipment, knowhow and money. www.grundfos.com Realdania Realdania is a nonprofit social enterprise whose mission is to create quality of life through architecture, urban space and the built environment. They are currently ranked as a Platinum Sponsor, and will provide Team DTU with money. www.realdania.dk Rockwool Rockwool is the world’s leading supplier of innovative products and systems based on stone wool. They are currently ranked as a Gold Sponsor, and will provide Team DTU with insulation materials, knowhow and money. www.rockwool.com Schneider Electric Schneider Electric is a global specialist in energy optimization and management. They are currently ranked as a Silver Sponsor, and will provide Team DTU with equipment, knowhow and money. www.schneider-electric.com Uponor Uponor offers plumbing and indoor climate systems for the residential and commercial building markets. They are currently ranked as a Silver Sponsor, and will provide Team DTU with plumbing systems, knowhow and money. www.uponor.com VELUX VELUX is a Danish company that specializes in windows and skylights. They are based in Denmark - with more than 10,000 employees globally. They are currently ranked as a Bronze Sponsor, and will provide Team DTU with windows and knowhow. www.velux.com

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Henning Larsen Architects Henning Larsen Architects is an international architecture firm based in Denmark - they have around 150 employees situated in 16 countries. They are currently ranked as a Bronze Sponsor, and will provide Team DTU with knowhow. www.henninglarsen.com Pihl Pihl is one of Denmark’s leading contracting companies and ranks number 116 among the world’s larger contracting groups working on the international markets. They are currently ranked as a Bronze Sponsor, and will provide Team DTU with knowhow. www.pihl-as.dk Nilan Nilan develops and manufactures premium-quality, energy-saving ventilation and heat pump solutions that are beneficial to the environment and provide a healthy indoor climate and low-level energy consumption. They are currently ranked as a Bronze Sponsor, and will provide Team DTU with the ventilation unit and knowhow. www.nilan.dk Alectia Alectia is a leading Danish consulting company, with a large number of specialised competences within process technology, occupational health and safety, business consulting, buildings, water, energy and environment. They are currently ranked as a Bronze Sponsor, and will assist Team DTU with construction calculations and knowhow. www.alectia.com COWI COWI is a leading international consulting firm. They have more than 6.000 employees in offices all over the world. They are currently ranked as a Bronze Sponsor, and will provide Team DTU with knowhow. www.cowi.com RAcell RAcell is an innovative research company focused primarily on solar energy. They are engaged in the production of solar cells and solar modules, installation and implementation of large infrastructure projects involving PV systems. They are currently ranked as a Bronze Sponsor, and will provide Team DTU with knowhow. www.racell.com H. Helbo Hansen Helbo is a major electrical installation company in Denmark, with more than 100 years of expirence. They are currently ranked as a Bronze Sponsor, and will provide Team DTU with knowhow. www.helbo.dk

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WindowMaster WindowMaster is Europe’s leading supplier of sustainable indoor climate solutions to almost all building types based on natural ventilation through controlled openings in facades and roofs. They are currently ranked as a Bronze Sponsor, and will provide Team DTU with natural ventilation units and knowhow. www.windowmaster.com Leo Jensen A/S Leo Jensen A/S provides Team DTU with a crane for FOLD construction. Pascal A/S Pascal produces and develop amplifier modules dedicated for building into high power professional loudspeakers. www.pascal-audio.com Bryggens Stilladser Bryggens Stilladser carries out and rents all types of scaffolding throughout Zealand. Scaffoldig around FOLD construction has been built by Bryggens Stilladser. www.bryggensstilladser.dk Finn Forest Metsä Wood (Finn Forest) supplies wood-based products, systems and services to customers in the building and construction, industrial, distribution and retail sectors. Wood materials for FOLD construction have been provided by Finn Forest. www.finnforest.co.uk Professor and Faculty Advisor Bjarne W. Olesen (P: +45 4525 4117 - E: bwo@byg.dtu.dk) is in charge of the communication with all the companies above.

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Collaborating Institutions, Organisations and Companies The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Team DTU participation in Solar Decathlon has been initiated by the Technical University of Denmark. The Department of Civil Engineering is managing the project and has gathered the diverse team of students to take on the challenge of designing and building the plus-energy house FOLD and compete in Solar Decathlon. Faculty supervisors from the Department of Civil Engineering are actively coaching and advising the students, supporting them in this exciting learning process. www.dtu.dk www.byg.dtu.dk Copenhagen Business School (CBS) Copenhagen Business School is an international university that offers education in various business subjects. It has 18,000 students and an annual intake of 1,500 exchange students. With this number of students as well as 600 full-time researchers and 600 administrative employees, CBS is one of the largest business schools in Europe. Students from CBS joined Team DTU to bring in their knowledge in business and communications and complement the skills of the engineering students from DTU. www.cbs.dk Grøn Vision (Green Vision) Grøn Vision is a group of DTU students who are working to inspire young people to be interested in the challenges of future energy supply. What is the connection between our every day behavior and climate change, we are currently experiencing around the world? How can we take up the challenge and solve problems based on new technologies? And what opportunities are there for training in energy technologies? Grøn Vision develops educational material for Danish high schools around particular bioenergy, wind and organizes camps and other events. According to the project developed in cooperation between Team DTU and Grøn Vision, FOLD will be used as an educational case. www.gronvision.dk The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation - School of Architecture is one of the two Danish School of Architecture and one of the world’s oldest schools of architecture. Founded in 1754 as ’The Royal Danish Painting, Sculpture and Building Academy’, the academy’s purpose was to educate both artists and craftsmen in the three disciplines under the same roof. www.karch.dk Filmbureauet Filmbureauet specializes in communicating the values and attitudes. Our core competency is the film medium. And we are working with talented and dedicated film and communication experts to develop whole concepts as needed integrates multiple media. Filmbureauet is making a film about Team DTU participation in Solar Decathlon Europe 2012. www.filmbureauet.dk

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Team DTU on the web Official Webpage: www.solardecathlon.dk Facebook: www.facebook.com/solardecathlon.dk Twitter: www.twitter.com/teamDTU Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/teamdtu/ Youtube: www.youtube.com/solardecathlonDK

Contact The Technical University of Denmark Danmarks Tekniske Universitet Anker Engelunds Vej 1 101A 2800 Kgs. Lyngby P: +45 4525 2525 Communications Coordinator: Ulrik Eggert Knuth-Winterfeldt uegkn@byg.dtu.dk Sponsorship Managers: Lotte Bjerregaard Jensen lbj@byg.dtu.dk Bjarne W. Olesen bwo@byg.dtu.dk

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Project images Photography: Natalia Dudareva, Aksel Tønder FOLD construction

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Celebration of finishing the structural part of FOLD Team workshops

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Team Social event in Malmö

Presenting FOLD at the Open Door Day at the Technical University of Denmark