Berlin, Dec 7, 2009 the Federal Ministry of Economics and technology (BMWi) opened its doors on Friday, 04.12.2009 the German participants of the Solar Decathlon Europe 2010 (SDE 2010). The student teams from Berlin, Stuttgart, Rosenheim and Wuppertal, which successfully 2010 qualify for solar competition in Madrid, were invited by their patron, the BMWi, professional exchanges, to present the various House concepts and current levels of development. Friday 04.12.2009 the German participants of of the SDE were to 2010 for the first time personally their patron. The students engaged in the field of solar energy from Berlin, Stuttgart and Wuppertal and Rosenheim could already convince the BMWi in this summer of their ideas for the solar house construction and win as public patron and financial supporters. Together with the supervising professors, the students presented their architecture and energy concepts in detail and discussed strategies and other plans. The parliamentary State Secretary Peter Hintze had it not taking personally to congratulate the team on their designs and to wish you every success for the upcoming time. The students of the TU Darmstadt, the winning team of the Solar Decathlon 2009, courage spoke to the participants and gave a detailed insight into their experiences and experiences of the last few months.
This common Exchange has helped us to plan the next steps and is an incentive to take the title again in 2010 after Germany”, so Christian Hodgson, head of public relations of the Berlin team living EQUIA. On December 9, the next big stage begins for the Berlin students: the team receives the official planning permission for your solar home. Professor Hans-Herwig Atzorn, Vice President of the Hochschule fur Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin (HTW), passed the property directly on the river Spree on the campus of the HTW Berlin Oberschoneweide, symbolically.