TEAM DESERT PHOENIX

Team Desert Phoenix is a diverse team from four institutions - University of Louisville, American University in Dubai, Higher Colleges of Technology, and American University of Sharjah - competing in the prestigious Solar Decathlon Middle East competition (SDME 2021), which will run from October 20 to November 21, 2021. The competition, featuring 14 international teams, will be held at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai, UAE... Team Desert Phoenix will design a home that is optimized to minimize resource use while providing a built environment that promotes a privacy, safety, durability and happiness. Specifically, the design will focus on cost effective next zero energy use by controlling energy demand using thermal mass, phase change materials and natural cooling technologies, while providing sufficient electrical generation via both roll-to-roll PV technologies and where practical, wind based cooling and energy generation.

Primary location: Louisville United States