Competition Solar Decathlon October 5-15, 2017 in Denver (USA)
October 5 Opening Ceremony
October 13 Proclamation of results architecture and water management
October 14 Proclamation of results communication and innovation & events Solar Décathlon
October 15 Proclamation of engineering results and market analysis & closing ceremony

Place: nearby the station 61st & Peña of the train line of the airport of Denver

As part of the International Solar Decathlon 2017 competition, the Swiss team, composed of students from the Geneva School of Art and Design (HEAD), the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), the University of Freiburg (UNIFR) and la Haute école d’ingénierie et d’architecture de Fribourg (HEIA-FR), developed the Swiss Living Challenge project and realized on a 1: 1 scale a prototype of a solar house called "NeighborHub".

The aim of the Swiss Living Challenge project is to encourage the Swiss population to reduce their energy consumption and preserve the world's natural resources. It proposes alternatives at several levels (energy, water and waste management, mobility, food, materials and biodiversity) that suggest that people take sustainable actions with technical equipment and structures.
The competition is based on 10 criteria: Architecture, Market potential, Engineering, Communication, Innovation, Health & comfort, Household appliances, Exploitation, Water management, Energy.