Blog – Solar Decathlon 2009 Team Germany – Technische Universität Darmstadt

Outside view:

Inhouse view:

The two top modules are gone! The detailed planning process was worth it as there were no problems while dismantling at all.

But it was strange to see that something that was manufractured for such a long time was deconstructed that fast.

The first module has just been loaded on the flatrack. Three more to go, we are keeping all fingers crossed!

Frauke made another 360° panorama animation of our house today.

Link to panorama anmimation…

What a sight! The floor after the first coat of oil. Jasmin is clearly enjoying the results of her hard work.

Today Max began oiling the floor, after which it will be polished.

As it is not possible to walk on the oiled flooring for many hours we had to organize the teams work “arround” the oiling prozess. One can see this organization by many papers at the handrail of the upper level.

Lutz and his team of electrical engineering students getting the job done. All lights, switches and appliances of our solar home are installed and working.

Jasmin, Kai and Hannes doing the abrasive finishing of the parquet. As all other work in the interior had to be stopped while abraision Team Germany organized a three shift system running 24/7.

Have you ever heard a student comming to a building site at 6pm greeting with a lovely “good morning guys!” … we did so!

Finally the colored LED-lights built into our functional body actually work. Nobody really was able to imagine how the cabinet doors would look while lights on. Now we are really proud of the visual effect and know the reason for all the effort and night work the days before.

What a sight for the tired eyes ond what an incentive to head forward to the last steps of work.