Today we did a test run of the water installation inside of our Solar Decathlon home.
We used innovative piping for fresh water and sewage. Especially the noise reduced sewage piping will help us to reduce the noise level in the whole solar home.
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- Contest 8th-15th October
- Opening Ceremony 8th October
- Awards Ceremony 16th October
- Victory Reception 17th October
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The Solar Decathlon is an international competition run by the U. S. Department of Energy. The aim is to build a Zero Energy Home, which produces as much energy from renewable sources, as it consumes. Just like the Olympic decathlon this competition consists of 10 contests that center on all of the ways in which we use energy in our daily lives. The 10 contests are: Architecture, Market Viability, Engineering, Lighting design, Communications, Comfort Zone, Hot Water, Appliances, Home Entertainment and Net Metering. 20 teams of college and university students participate in the Solar Decathlon 2009, among them one team from Germany from Darmstadt University of Technology.
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TU-Darmstadt
Dipl.-Ing. Johanna Henrich
phone: +49(0)6151 16-5448
fax: +49(0)6151 16-5247
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