Dept of Energy Decathlon: Sustaining Systems in a New Way The necessity to produce sustainable solutions that allow for reasonable use of available resources can be considered the primary course in which modern architecture has been developing over the past few years (Toledo, Cropper, & Wright, 2016). Because of the need to manage resources sparingly, the idea of using alternative sources of power, such as solar power, remains the driving force behind numerous creative ideas in modern architecture, as the results of the Decathlon Europe 2014 have shown (“Maison Reciprocity row house design,” 2014). The Maison Reciprocity building is one of the most successful architecture designs represented at the Decathlon Europe 2014. Maison Reciprocity: The Power of the Solar Energy Because of the opportunities for optimizing the operations of all systems and providing an opportunity for using solar energy to reduce waste levels, Maison Reciprocity deserves to be placed at the top of the list of recent innovative technological solutions. Although its design is primarily aimed at reducing the usage of non-renewable energy sources, the building is constructed with the help of numerous types of materials, including insulating glass, cross-laminated timber, and similar sustainable resources (“Maison Reciprocity row house design,” 2014). The specified choice reflects the goals of Decathlon Europe 2014 as the event aimed at enhancing the production of sustainable solutions that would encourage sensible usage of non-renewable resources (see Appendix A). The clever use of photovoltaic panels allows accumulating solar energy for its further use as an alternative source of energy for various purposes in the house. The fact that, among the energy-producing parts of the house, the facade can also be described as intelligent deserves a mentioning (“Maison Reciprocity: Goals and technologies,” 2014). The house incorporates a range of systems that serve the common purpose of reducing waste and the consumed energy to a minimum (see Appendix B). Mission and Key Achievements: Sustainable Use of Resources The idea of encouraging a rational use of finite resources can be regarded as the key mission that Decathlon Europe 2014, in general, and Maison Reciprocity, in particular, strives to achieve. As stressed above, every single element of Maison Reciprocity was designed to reduce the consumption of non-renewable energy sources and limit the amount of waste produced in the process. However, outside of the specified goal, Maison Reciprocity has several other objectives that, while not being as evident as the previously stated one, nevertheless, add a new meaning to the building. The use of the brise-soleil building shell that is incorporated into the structure of the house, in turn, can be viewed as a solution to not only accumulating the energy produced by the sun but also prevent the heat from being absorbed by the walls and the ceiling of the house. In other words, it serves as a refractor of sunlight, thus, leading to a more efficient process of consuming solar energy for its further conversion into electric energy and its use for household purposes. Students, Designer, Architect, and Engineer: Key Information When considering the people that worked on the project, it would be wrong to single out a particular participant since the house is a collaborative result. Among the people that made it