Richard KingWebinar

September 15, 2009

2009 Solar Decathlon October 9-13 and 15-18www.solardecathlon.org

The DOE Solar Decathlon joins 20 university teams in a competition to design, build, and operate the most attractive and energy-efficient solar-powered house.

The first Solar Decathlon was held in 2002

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2009 Event ScheduleSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Sept 29

Oct 4 Oct 5 Oct 9 Oct 10

Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 17

All-Team Meeting

Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21

Awards Ceremony

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Oct 2 Oct 3

Team & Village Assembly

Oct 1Sept 30

Disassembly

JuriedContests Begin

Oct 8

Sept 28

Objective Contests Begin

Oct 16

OpeningCeremony 1pm

Pre-staging

Tour Hours: 11 am – 3 pm Weekdays10 am – 5 pm WeekendsNo tours on Oct 14

Sept 27

Team & Village Assembly

Architecture & Market Viability Contest Results

Grid Connect & Instrument Houses

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Building Industry Day

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K-12 School Day

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Engineering Contest Results

Contests End

For more information, please see: www.solardecathlon.org

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University of Darmstadt, Germany

PV System: 8.4 kW SunPower, 1.8 kW a-Si Schott, 1 kW SunwaysInverter: SMA Hot Water: Bosh-Buderus flat plate collectors

The ceiling includes radiative cooling, and the walls contain thermal mass through phase changing material (Micronal by BASF), a new material that can store energy like a massive stone wall.

See to believe

Energy EfficiencySolar Power

Marketability

PV System: 7.1 kW Sanyo HIT Inverter: Outback

Hot water: Apricus evacuated tubes

All of the fixtures, including LED lamps, are wired to a Lutron Graik Eye 3000, a centralized dimming and switching system that permits flexible lighting control with finely tuned adjustment.

The home’s liquid desiccant waterfall removes humidity with very little energy, reducing the load of the air conditioner. Calcium chloride, a highly absorptive material, is mixed into the waterfall, where it captures moisture from the air.

PV System: 8.3 kW Isofoton including glass doors Inverter: Isofoton Hot water: vacuum tubes

Team Montreal

PV system: 8.2 kW Sanyo Inverter: Xantrex

Hot water: Stiebel Eltron thermal panels

Illinois

PV system: 6.8 kW BP Solar Inverter: Outback

Hot water: Hot water tank connected to self-made heat pump

Santa Clara

PV system: 7.4 kW SunPower Inverter: SMAFlat plate solar thermal collectors to power absorption chiller (Solarsa)

Final Results1. Darmstadt 11. Missouri-Rolla2. Maryland 12. NYIT3. Santa Clara 13. MIT4. Penn State 14. Carnegie Mellon5. Madrid 15. Cincinnati6. Georgia Tech 16. Puerto Rico7. Colorado 17. Texas A&M8. Montreal 18. Kansas9. Illinois 19. Cornell10. Texas-Austin 20. Lawrence Tech

2009 Solar Decathlon October 9-18www.solardecathlon.org

Outreach is impressive. We expect over 100,000 people to this year’s event.

11 New Teams in 2009University of MinnesotaTeam Ontario (Waterloo/Ryerson/Simon Fraser)Team North (Calgary/SAIT Polytechnic/Mount Royal College)Univ. of Wisconsin – MilwaukeeBoston Architectural College/TuftsUniversity of Louisiana at LafayetteIowa StateUniversity of KentuckyUniversity of ArizonaOhio State UniversityRice University

8 Returning Teams from 2007Universitat DarmstadtSanta ClaraPenn StateIllinoisPuerto RicoMadridMissouri Rolla (S&T)Cornell

1 Returning Team from 2005Virginia Tech

The 10 Decathlon Contests

* 2009 new contests

1. Architecture 100 pts2. Market Viability 100 pts3. Engineering 100 pts4. Lighting Design 75 pts5. Communications 75 pts6. Comfort Zone 100 pts7. Hot Water 100 pts8. Appliances 100 pts9. Home Entertainment*100 pts10. Net Metering* 150 pts

1000 pts

Take advantage of the R&D– Largest science experiment for building technologies ever created– Iterative design process drives improvement

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Virginia Tech

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Volunteer Opportunities:

October 8 – 18, 2009Every volunteer must register online at:

www.solardecathlon.org

Volunteers are required to participate in one of 10 training sessions online or in person.

We look forward to seeing you at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon on the National Mall.