Title :
The Auburn University Solar Decathlon House
Author :
Brandhorst, Henry W., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Center for Space Power & Adv. Electron., Auburn Univ., AL, USA
Abstract :
The U.S. Department of Energy has sponsored the world´s first student design contest to build houses powered only by the sun and that competed in ten contests. These houses were located on the National Mall in Washington, DC from September 19 through October 9, 2002. This paper describes the architectural and power system approach taken by Auburn University and the contest results. The roof size was limited to 800 ft/sup 2/, thus area for both thermal and electrical power was limited. Energy efficient appliances were used to minimize energy usage in the contest.
Keywords :
building integrated photovoltaics; solar absorber-convertors; Auburn University; National Mall; Solar Decathlon House; U.S. Department of Energy; Washington; electrical power; energy efficient appliances; energy usage minimization; power system; student design contest; sun; thermal power;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 2003. Proceedings of 3rd World Conference on
Conference_Location :
Osaka, Japan
Print_ISBN :
4-9901816-0-3
