During the weekend there are long lines in front of the houses and especially at the Cornell house and the German house. Here you see the queue for the surPLUShome beginning on the pathway of the mall, going onto the Solar path in the middle of the mall, up the ramp back to the front door, through the house over the terrace space, down the ramp into the sleeping area and bock to the solar path.
We welcomed about 1500 people to the surPLUShome per day.
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.
TU-Darmstadt
Dipl.-Ing. Johanna Henrich
phone: +49(0)6151 16-5448
fax: +49(0)6151 16-5247
TU Darmstadt Entwerfen und Energieeffizientes Bauen
