Sustainable Research Building / Team MIMO + University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf

The House Demonstration Unit is a research building of the University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf as a contribution to the Solar Decathlon Europe and the living.lab NRW.The Solar Decathlon is considered the largest international building energy competition. For the 20th time, universities worldwide were asked to develop and implement ideas for sustainable building and living. In June 2022, the final took place for the first time in Germany, more precisely in Wuppertal. The interdisciplinary team MIMO united 18 professors, about 70 students, and ten staff members from all seven departments (Architecture, Design, Electrical and Information Engineering, Mechanical and Process Engineering, Media, Social and Cultural Sciences, and Economics) to compete in all competition categories of the competition.