In parallel to his master studies, Janvier and his colleagues created “Jua Jamii” (in Swahili Jua = Sun and Jamii = Community): “Solar Community”, an interdisciplinary team that participated to the “Solar Decathlon Africa 2019” in Morocco. This is a contest that aims to contribute to the knowledge and dissemination of solar and sustainable housing. They designed and built a smart, energy-efficient house powered only by solar energy.
In January 2019, Janvier and two of his classmates in Energy Engineering presented as finalists from Africa a solar containerized micro-grid system Jua Box at the “Empower a Billion Lives’ Competition” of the Institute of Electrical Electronic Engineering (IEEE) in Seville, Spain.
Very well done, Janvier! Congratulations and keep it up!