Back in 2013, a group of students from Bucharest, Romania, envisioned a world with sustainable communities where people are living a high-quality life. They thought that sustainability was achievable by anyone. So, the EFdeN journey began.
The EFdeN name comes from f[N] – where N is Nature. Nature is at the core of everything the team does as they try to protect it and bring it closer to people. Since 2013, EFdeN has been helping students and young professionals find a sense of direction while providing an environment to apply their creative energy through a trial-and-error process. Facilitated by the Solar Decathlon competitions, EFdeN has attempted to be at the forefront of everything related to sustainability in Romania, from law & policymaking to education and development of the cities. Briefly:
After taking part in two Solar Decathlon competitions with EFdeN 4C in 2014 and EFdeN Signature in 2018, the team was ready for another challenge, ready to go urban for the Solar Decathlon Europe 21/22.
In a world that faces climate change, Solar Decathlon is a collegiate competition that has inspired thousands of students worldwide to enter the clean energy workforce since its launch in 2002. Today, the ten contests that are the foundation of Solar Decathlon challenge students to design and build high-performance, low-carbon buildings that mitigate climate change and improve our quality of life through greater affordability, resilience, and energy efficiency. The winners are those teams that best blend architectural and engineering excellence with innovation.
For the 21/22 edition, the competition took a novel approach, centring around the value-added renovation, transformation, or reuse of existing buildings for densifying cities. The whole project is divided into a design challenge for a whole building project (similar to an architectural design competition) and the challenge to deploy the design, build and operate a Demonstration Unit.
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