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McGill and Concordia Universities have teamed up to form TeamMTL and will compete in the 2018 Solar Decathlon China competition to be held in July 2018 in Dezhou, Shandong Province. The Montreal-based team is comprised of students and faculty from multiple departments from the two institutions led by the McGill School of Architecture.
The competition is an international showcase of collegiate innovation of design and construction. It includes 21 teams representing 11 countries and 49 universities. TeamMTL is the only Canadian team. In addition to the competition, a public exhibition of the houses is expected to attract three million visitors over three months. The home will remain in Dezhou as part of a permanent Innovation Park dedicated to high-performance building and renewable energy research and innovation. Conceptual design began a year ago and the competition building will be constructed and displayed in Montreal this coming summer beginning in late-May. Tours, media and fundraising events will be held July through September as part of city?s 375th celebration and Canada?s 150th anniversary programming before dismantling, packing, and shipping the building to China by the end of the year.
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TeamMTL?s entry, entitled the Deep Performance Dwelling (DPD), is a net-zero energy capable home that uses Passive House-inspired design and a Building Integrated Photovoltaic Thermal (BIPV/T) system to ensure high-performance ...