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Designing a House for the 2019 Solar Decathlon Africa Competition

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This project consists of an architectural, structural, and mechanical design for a proposed house for the Solar Decathlon Africa competition taking place in Benguerir, Morocco, in September 2019. This project presents a sustainable, cost-effective, and marketable design that will help promote the idea of green living to African countries. Traditional architecture of the area, structural sandwich panels for modular construction, and a passive downdraft evaporative cooling tower to reduce energy usage were implemented

  • This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.
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  • E-project-041618-124338
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  • 2018
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  • 2018-04-16
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