International Solar Building Design Competition 2007

Overview and Goal of Competition:

All people, regardless of culture or geography and definition, seek shelter and dwelling in a place called home. Like the yearning for home, solar energy is a universal resource, able to be utilized around the world, indifferent to place or politics. This competition theme ‘Solar Energy for My Home’ seeks ideas to establisha link between these two universal entities.

The goal of this worldwide design competition is to broaden the range of ideas of solar design, specifically in relation to human habitation. Optimally, entries willfocus on the integration of ideas of solar technology and new solar building design products with innovative new concepts of design. Participants should feel free to submit either low-rise or multi-storey dwelling entries.

Jury:
Composed of international and national experts in solar energy and building design field

Chinese chief commissioner: Zhou Ganzhi, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering and Sciences, president of China Real Estate and Housing Research Association, former vice-minister of Ministry of Construction

Foreign chief commissioner: Anne Grete Hestnes, former president of ISES (International Solar Energy Society), professor of Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Jury Awarded Prizes:

1. General Prize Before Tax)

First prize: Two winners (One winner for low-rise submission, One winner for multi-storey submission): each will be awarded with 50000 RMB, certificate of merit and trophy cup

Second prize: Four winners: each will be awarded with 20000 RMB, certificate of merit and trophy cup

Third prize: Six winners: each will be awarded with 5000 RMB, certificate of merit and trophy cup

Honorable Mention: Forty winners: each will be awarded a certificate of merit

Prizes for Technical Excellence: Number of winners is dependent on Jury evaluation of submissions which are innovative with solid feasibility in technology or building design aspects.

Winners will be awarded a certificate of merit. In all cases the Jury’s decision will be final.

2. Public Awarded Prize

Ten entries will be selected directly by the delegates and conference participants, for the award for, “My Favorite Home.” Winners will be awarded a certificate of merit.

Participation Requirements

1.Please visit www.house-china.net/ISBC.htm, participants should fill in the registration form and send it online before Midnight CST, January 31, 2007. The registration is free of charge.

2.When a participant’s registration has been received and approved, he/she will receive a unique Submission Number in the next webpage. One submission corresponds to one submission number.

3.The competition is open to individuals and teams of architects, engineers, building design institutes, colleges and universities, research institutes, solar energy researchers, and development and manufacturing entities.

4.Participants, who chose to form a team, must establish a team leader who will be responsible for all correspondence with the committee. All teams must submit one email address as their official correspondence address.

5.Participants must agree that organizing committee can print, publish and exhibit their submissions. This is a condition of submission.

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