Winners of the 2024-25 Challenge
The SDI Finals 2025 were held on May 23 – 25 where the finalist teams of Solar Decathlon India 2024-25 Challenge presented their state-of-the-art net-zero and climate-resilient designs to the Division Jury, composed of experts from the industry. The teams presented their solutions with passive and active strategies to meet the cooling demand and proposed interesting innovations to achieve efficiency.
Division Winners
The finalist teams in each division pitched their projects to the jury in 20-minute presentations. Many teams impressed the jury with their innovative ideas and market-ready designs. Some of the projects that impressed the jury included integration of innovative products and technologies.
Winners
Runner Ups
Grand Winner
The Division Winners competed for the grand prize by pitching to the Grand Jury, composed of experts from the real estate and media professionals. The Grand Winner was Team Anvaya from the Construction Worker Housing Division. Led by BMS College of Architecture, Design and Planning with B.M.S. College of Engineering as the partner institution, the team proposed a promising and investment-worthy net-zero design for Rohan Builders (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Outstanding Faculty Award
This year Professor Professor Vineeta Lulla from the SMEF’s Brick School of Architecture was given the Outstanding Faculty Award for her tremendous support, guidance, and inspiration to Team Ekashray.
Movie Awards
The teams also showcased their work in 3-minute long movies where they told their stories and communicated the value proposition of their projects. The teams competed for the Best Movie and the People’s Choice Movie Awards. The People’s Choice Movie Award was based on the number of likes the movies received on their YouTube videos.
Best Component Model Award
The teams in the Building Divisions made component models for their projects. Component models represent a part of the building, and teams chose which part of their building solution they wanted to build a component model of. The Division jury of each division selected the best component model in that division. This shortlist of teams, then competed for the Best Component Model Awards.
