Design and Performance Evaluation of the BeauSoleil Solar Decathlon House

Author

Henry, Robert R. ; Carroll, David ; Depa, William ; Jakub-Wood, Marsela

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

15-16 April 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In October 2009, the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) hosted the Solar Decathlon-a competition in which 20 teams compete to design, build, and operate the most attractive, effective, and energy-efficient solar-powered house. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette entry, called the BeauSoleil House, was designed and assembled by a group of engineering and architecture students and faculty. Details of the BeauSoleil House Photovoltaic (PV) and electrical system design, issues associated with assembly, results of performance during competition, and lessons learned are presented in this paper.

Keywords

construction industry; design engineering; energy conservation; engineering education; solar power stations; BeauSoleil House Photovoltaic; BeauSoleil Solar Decathlon house design; Lafayette entry; U.S. Department of Energy; University of Louisiana; electrical system design; performance evaluation; Assembly; Circuits; Energy efficiency; Fasteners; Grounding; Inverters; Photovoltaic systems; Power engineering and energy; Solar power generation; Wiring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Green Technologies Conference, 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Grapevine, TX

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5274-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5275-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GREEN.2010.5453805

Filename

5453805