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SDME is the largest, most competitive and challenging competition among international universities with a total prize pool of over Dh20 million. Eight teams from 12 universities around the world participated in the second SDME, while the first SDME attracted more than 600 students and scholars from 54 countries; 15 teams from 28 universities in 11 countries around the world.
Among the teams implementing homes in different parts of the UAE are the BaityKool team from the University of Bordeaux, France; Amiti University, UAE; An-Najah National University, Palestine; the Aqua Green team from the University of Ajman; the Desert of Wollongong (UOW), Australia Team Rose; University of Sharjah Team Sharjah; and Esteem from Heriot-Watt University in the UK and Heriot-Watt University in Dubai.
Their designs were included in the first and second SDMEs in 2018 and 2021 at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, the world’s largest single-point solar park.
The first two SDMEs were sponsored by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, and organised by DEWA as Dubai’s Supreme Energy Council and DEWA in partnership with the US Department of Energy.
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Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Deputy Chairman of Dubai Supreme Energy Council, Managing Director and CEO of DEWA, said: “We are delighted to see the positive impact of Dubai’s competition and its support for the Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan. UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler, has outlined a comprehensive roadmap for urban development to make Dubai the best place in the world to live.”
He added: “At DEWA, we are working to launch and incubate initiatives, programmes and competitions to strengthen the UAE and Dubai as a hub of creativity and innovation and an incubator for innovators to develop innovative solutions to climate change and empower youth engage in sustainable development,”
The University team said it was delighted to be working with a group of property developers and international housing schemes to implement their residential designs in several locations in Dubai and abroad.
The participating teams also commended the competition’s organisers for providing young people with the opportunity to be creative, bringing their innovative designs to life and encouraging them to design, build and operate sustainable solar home models.
Professor Tim McCarthy, Director, Centre for Sustainable Building Research, University of Wollongong, Australia; Dr Naglaa Mahmoud, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering (Architecture), Ajman University; and Dr Philippe Lagiere, Assistant Professor, University of Bordeaux, all highlighted the opportunity SDME offers to test participants in reality importance of the project.
They say this enables students to refine their designs, better understand their strengths and weaknesses, and strengthen their communication skills.
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