Solar Houses - Designs from the 2015 Decathlon
Wednesday, 25 November 2015
INhouse: interactive . intuitive . integrated
Cal Poly student explains how the bifacial solar panel generates electricity from above and below while shading the deck of INhouse. Photo Credit: Photo by Carol Laurie/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon (cropped)
Every two years since 2002, the U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE) holds an architecture competition for design and engineering students. The 2015 Solar Decathlon at Orange County Great Park was held October 8-18, 2015 in Irvine, California. Colleges and Universities from around the world team up to present viable prototypes of marketable, sustainable, affordable homes.
Students from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo presented a home they called INhouse.
As students who "learn by doing," these future architects and engineers designed INhouse to be IN—Interactive, Intuitive, and Integrated.
Final team standing overall: 3rd place out of 14 teams.
Features of the INhouse:
- public wing (dining, patio, entertainment areas) and private wing (bedrooms, studies)
- folding window-walls in the public areas
- structural insulated panels (SIPs) used for walls and roof of both wings
- conventional photovoltaic panels and a system to recycle greywater
- designed as a coastal California solar home to teach the homeowner about net-zero energy
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