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Inauguration
13/09/2012
Tras la apertura oficial de la Villa Solar, inauguramos nuestra vivienda
con la presencia del Vicerrector de Investigación, D. Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez, la Viceconsejera de Vivienda del Gobierno Vasco, Doña. Mari Paz
Larrumbide, y el Director de Vivienda, D. Ignacio de la Puerta.
Por parte de la UPV/EHU asistieron también D. Iñaki Largo,... [+ info]
1,2 and 3 of June
1, 2 y 3 de Junio
The project of ekihouse is going to be present in the fair Bioterra 2012, which is celebrated in the fairground enclosure FICOBA in Irun between the 1st and 3rd of June. The visitors will be able to visit in the space GEOBAT an exhibition on the project of solar... [+ info]
ekihouse Hitzaldi Teknikoa
02/05/2012
Next Thursday may 10 2012 at 10:30am the Technical Conference Series: "Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Construction - ekihouse - Solar Decathlon Europe 2012" will be inaugurated in the Bizkaia Aretoa building in Bilbao.
The objective of this conference is to exchange different opinions about the sustainable construction, energy efficiency... [+ info]
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ekihouse inicia la recepción de materiales
25/04/2012
Yesterday, Tuesday April 24th, ekihouse team received the first material delivery for the house construction in Vitoria-Gasteiz. 28 Cross-Laminated Timber boards (CLT) from Storaenso company, that were unloaded in the "Laboratories of Quality Control of Construction" of the Basque Goverment, where the house construction will be developed.
The process, coordinated by... [+ info]
review of ekihouse in "muy interesante"
11-04-12
In the past edition of the scientific “Muy Interesante” magazine, the prototype of the housing ekihouse was published in the paragraph of environment.
The magazine selected some of the offers of sustainable housing presented to the contest of SOLAR DECATHLON 2012, between them that of the school of the UPV/EHU.
The article,... [+ info]
Next ekihouse exhibition in Cristina Enea foundation at Donostia-San Sebastián
02/03/2012
Next Wednesday march 7 at 19:00pm the exhibition “ekihouse: a house for thefuture” will be inaugurated in the Cristina Enea foundation at Donostia-San Sebastián.
The sample that can be visited until april 15th, shows different aspects of the Project of the solar house, ekihouse, that participates in the Solar Decathlon Europe... [+ info]
Deliverable #4: Un paso más hacia la construcción de la vivienda
El pasado 8 de febrero tuvo lugar la cuarta entrega oficial de la Competición. Se enviaron los documentos Project Manual y Project Drawings, que contienen la definición técnica del proyecto necesaria para la construcción de la vivienda. Las siguientes entregas se realizarán en mayo, agosto y finalmente, el As Built,... [+ info]
Construcciones Sukia, nuevo patrocinador de ekihouse
Construcciones Sukia se incorpora al proyecto ekihouse, operando como coordinador general de la construcción del prototipo. [+ info]
Habic, nuevo colaborador
01/02/2012
Hoy se incorpora al proyecto ekihouse, Habic, el Cluster del Habitat y el Contract del País Vasco, que agrupa a las principales empresas del sector cuyo ámbito de actuación es el equipamiento del hábitat del hogar, oficinas y entornos de trabajo, espacios colectivos, entornos exteriores destinados al ocio, mobiliario urbano,... [+ info]
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Premio a nuestros decatletas
El proyecto ekihouse ha recibido un accesit en los II Premios al alumnado que mejor haya difundido la imagen de la UPV/EHU. Estos premios, organizados por el Vicerrectorado de Alumnado de la UPV/EHU, reconocen al alumnado que ha ayudado a difundir la imagen de la universidad mediante su participación en... [+ info]
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ekihouse en el 5º CONAMA Local
30/11/2011
El equipo de ekihouse no quiso perderse una cita tan especial como esta: el 5º CONAMA LOCAL, celebrado en Vitoria-Gasteiz.
Allí estuvimos, presentes en las diferentes charlas que englobaban un lema común: “Reformulando juntos las ciudades”. Los distintos ponentes mostraban lo que estaban desarrollando en sus pueblos o ciudades, y ponían... [+ info]
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Visiting IMAR
29/11/2011
The ekihouse team has visited the Imar facilities in one of its production plants, in Ortuella. Is a company that, since over 75 years, offers all kinds of solutions in the field of perforated plates, flared, printed and expanded metal. They gave us a speech about all products developed by... [+ info]
Workshop SDE2012, Madrid
07/10/2011
The ekihouse team of the University of the Basque Country has participated in the SDE Workshop wich was developed between October 4th and 6th in Madrid.
The work shop celebrated in “CentroCentro Cibeles Palace” was opened by Public Works and Madrid council figures, where more than 160 students traveled from 15... [+ info]
The Villa Solar will be placed in the Casa de Campo
07/10/2011
During the recent Workshop celebrated in Madrid the placement of the Villa Solar has been presented. The Casa de Campo in Madrid will take in next September the 20 participating houses. The change of the placement is due to the increasement of the number of participating teams in the 2012... [+ info]
ekihouse at 3rd spanish passivhaus conference
04/10/2011
After having being selected in the “1st Iberoamerican Passivhaus Contest”, ekihouse will be in the 3th Spanish Passivhaus conference, the next November 4th 2011 in the Parador de Turismo of Segovia. This edition, that pretends to represent the centre area of Spain, seeks the Iberoamerican attention, where there is a... [+ info]
ekihouse in I CleanTech Day
05/10/2011
The ekihouse project has been selected to participate in the "I Cleantech Day" organized by Innobasque and Cleantech Group. The meeting, held on 4 October at the Bizkaia Technology Park, linked to investors, companies and universities with proprietary and / or innovative technologies. [+ info]
The ekihouse Project of the University of Basque Country, selected to participate in SD Europe 2012
10/01/2011
The purpose of Basque Country University has been one of the 20 selected universities, between universities from four continents which had submitted application. The organization of SD Europe has published the teams list that will take part in SD Europe 2012. The team wants to thank to the institutions and... [+ info]
Selected the first projects for the ekihouse prototype
17/12/2010
ekihouse, from University of the Basque Country, has been selected by the organization of the Solar Decathlon Europe to participate in this prestigious international competition, where 20 universities will take part from 15 countries from around the world.
eki (sun in basque) is a team of students, teachers and researchers from... [+ info]
The UPV / EHU has applied to participate in the competition Solar Decathlon Europe 2012
25/10/2010
The UPV / EHU has applied to participate in the competition Solar Decathlon Europe 2012, the prestigious university competition which aims to build a home that functions exclusively with solar energy. The project, called eki, has the financial support of the Basque Government and isntitucional and technology centers, business and... [+ info]