Design of a grid-independent energy efficient building: Sustainable Energy Research Facility

Author

Soysal, O. ; Soysal, H. ; Spears, J. ; Posson, D. ; O´Hearn, K. ; Charles, B. ; Harwick, B.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. & Eng., Frostburg State Univ., Frostburg, MD, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

25-29 July 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper describes architectural and engineering design features of the “Sustainable Energy Research Facility (SERF)” to be constructed on Frostburg State University campus located in Western Maryland, USA. SERF will be an off-grid, energy efficient, residential size building supplied by clean renewable energy sources. When completed, SERF will be used by the FSU Renewable Energy Center to offer research, education, and outreach programs.

Keywords

building; power engineering education; power grids; power system simulation; renewable energy sources; FSU Renewable Energy Center; Frostburg State University campus; USA; Western Maryland; architectural design features; education; engineering design features; grid-independent energy efficient building design; outreach programs; renewable energy sources; sustainable energy research facility; Education; Energy Efficiency; Green energy; Hybrid generation; Renewable Energy; Solar Power Generation; Wind Power Generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

ISSN

1944-9925

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6549-1

Electronic_ISBN

1944-9925

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PES.2010.5589901

Filename

5589901