ASCA to Provide German Solar Decathlon Team CoLLab with Solar Modules

Armor group subsidiary ASCA has supplied the Solar Decathlon team CoLLab from the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences, Germany, with its aesthetic solar modules. 

The team’s students will demonstrate their eco-friendly house, which is covered with ASCA’s lightweight solutions, at the Solar Decathlon Europe 21/22 competition.

“It is very interesting to work closely with promising students as they are defining the architecture of tomorrow. This innovative project is a perfect example of how our solar solution can be used in energy renovation projects because it can be flexibly adapted to existing buildings,” says Hermann Issa, Senior Vice President of Business Development and Project Management, ASCA.

Post work of three years, students forming sixteen teams from all around the globe will showcase their 1:1 models of climate-friendly houses in Wuppertal as a part of the Solar Decathlon Europe competition. Germany’s CoLLab team has developed a house extension for a building on their campus in Stuttgart.

“This concept is a perfect example of the possibilities that our solutions offer to move towards more energy-efficient buildings. Through renovation operations, it is possible to integrate solar solutions into the building envelope, regardless of its original design,” Hermann Issa adds.  

The ASCA modules will not only generate energy but also provide shade. For this very reason, the student team has integrated the solar modules in different sizes in a metal mesh surrounding the building in a bid to make an aesthetic pattern that produces sustainable energy. As the modules are lightweight, the team was able to install them easily and quickly.