UTM Solar Home Team Will be Competing with 22 Universities in Datong China

UTM Solar Home Team is the only participant from Malaysia competing in the Solar Decathlon China which will take place in July/August 2013. Headed by Prof Dr Muhd Zaimi Abdul Majid and assisted by several lecturers and students from several department in UTM, the building will be demonstrating energy balance which implement some RE & EE technologies.

Solar Decathlon China

Solar Decathlon China is the most recent addition to the international family of Solar Decathlon competitions.

Solar Decathlon China is the result of a memorandum of understanding signed Jan. 18, 2011. According to the memorandum:

… the Governments of the United States of America and the People's Republic of China have a common goal in fostering sustainable economic and social development while encouraging the use of renewable energy sources and recognize that solar energy development and use is an important part of their collaboration …

Solar Decathlon China will be hosted by the National Energy Administration and the U.S. Department of Energy, organized by Peking University, and supported by private companies. For more information, see the Solar Decathlon China website.

Solar Decathlon China 2013

The first Solar Decathlon China will take place in Datong, China, in August 2013. The participating teams are:

• Tsinghua University and Florida International University (China-United States)
• Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Ghent University, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Belgium-United States)
• Middle East Technical University (Turkey)
• Abbaspour University of Technology (Iran)
• Peking University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (China-United States)
• Tel Aviv University, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Neri Bloomfield School of Design and Education, College of Management Academic Studies (Israel)
• Inner Mongolia University of Technology (China)
• Alfred State College and Guilin University of Technology and Alfred University (China-United States)
• London Metropolitan University and Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (England-China)
• Shandong Jianzhu University (China)
• China University of Mining and Technology (China)
• Shanghai Jiaotong University (China)
• South China University of Technology and Huazhong University of Science and Technology (China)
• Southeast University (China)
• University of Wollongong (Australia)
• Beijing Jiaotong University and Bern University of Applied Sciences (China-Switzerland)
• New Jersey Institute of Technology and Harbin Institute of Technology (United States-China)
• Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden)
• Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (Malaysia)
• American University in Cairo (Egypt)
• Xiamen University (China)
• Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology (China)
• National University of Singapore (Singapore).

http://www.solardecathlon.gov/sd_china.html