Title :
Engineering systems in the gable home: A passive, net-zero, solar-powered house for the U. S. Department of Energy´s 2009 Solar Decathlon
Author :
Dhople, Sairaj V. ; Ehlmann, Jonathan L. ; Murray, Charles J. ; Cady, Stanton T. ; Chapman, Patrick L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
The Solar Decathlon is a biannual competition sponsored by the U. S. Department of Energy, where twenty university teams are selected to design, build and operate a sustainable, energy-efficient, solar-powered house. This paper describes the design and performance of the electrical systems deployed in the house constructed by the University of Illinois: a 9 kW solar photovoltaic system, custom power monitoring system, and a power-line communication based home control and automation system.
Keywords :
building integrated photovoltaics; solar energy conversion; systems engineering; US Department of Energy; automation system; custom power monitoring system; electrical systems; engineering systems; gable home; home control; power 9 kW; power-line communication; solar decathlon; solar photovoltaic system; solar-powered house; Automatic control; Communication system control; Computerized monitoring; Control systems; Design automation; Energy efficiency; Home automation; Photovoltaic systems; Power engineering and energy; Systems engineering and theory;
Conference_Titel :
Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI), 2010
Conference_Location :
Urbana-Champaign, IL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5902-5
DOI :
10.1109/PECI.2010.5437154
