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On Oct. 18, 2007, the Spanish and U.S. governments signed a memorandum of understanding to create Solar Decathlon Europe, a complementary competition to the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.  Spain hosted the first two of these competitions in 2010 and 2012. In 2014, Solar Decathlon Europe will move north to France.Solar Decathlon Europe 2014Solar Decathlon Europe 2014 will take place in Versailles, France, June 28–July 14, 2014. The participating teams are:Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – School of Engineering and ArchitectureUniversisad de Castilla – La Mancha and Universidad de Alcala de Henares UniversityChiba UniversityENSA Nantes, ESB, Audencia Group, Audencia Nantes, Ecole des Mines Nantes, ISSBA, IUT Nantes, Architectes Ingénieurs Associés, Atlansun, Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel, Medieco, Novabuild, SAMOA, and SCETechnical University of DenmarkAcademy of Architecture and IIT BombayUniversidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria – Valparaiso and Université de la Rochelle – Espace Bois de l'IUTUniversité d'Angers and Appalachian state universityUniversity of the Arts Berlin and Technical University of BerlinTechnical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, University Politehnica of Bucharest, and University of Architecture and Urbanism "Ion Mincu"Rhode Island School of Design, Brown University, and University of Applied Sciences – ErfurtDelft University of TechnologyUniversity of Applied Sciences Frankfurt am MainCosta Rica Institute of Technology – CartagoUniversité Paris-Est, ENSA Paris Malaquais, ENSA Marne la Vallée, ESTP Paris, Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech, ESIEE Paris, ENSG, and IFSTTARUniversitá Degli Studi di Roma TREKing Mongkut's University of Technology ThonburiUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya – BarcelonaNational Chiao Tung UniversityUniversidad Nacional Autonoma de México and the Center of Research in Industrial Design and the School of Engineering and the School of Arts.Read more