Goals
- Team integration and organization: get new team members at Caltech and SCI-Arc integrated into the project and establish teams and linkages to make sure that the project runs smoothly (target 30 Oct 2010)
- Design development: work out a clear, coordinated description of all aspects of the design, including architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection systems (due 23 Nov 2010).
- House model/tour: Provide support and input as needed for virtual house tour and physical model (SCI-Arc lead; due 7 Jan 2011)
- Technology push: evaluate and explore options for providing some technology sizzle in our design
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Technical Challenges
- Integration of SCI-Arc and Caltech activities (people, goals, schedule, deliverables)
- Bring 20-30 new team members from diverse backgrounds and skill levels up to speed quickly
- Baseline design may not be defined in enough detail yet for accurate energy and cost budgets
- Baseline designs for some subsystems not yet in place
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Objectives
- Document and refine baseline specifications to insure we can get maximum points in competition (15 Oct)
- Provide full capability with net-zero energy consumption for 80th percentile day
- Provide zero-net energy consumption with reduced capability on worst case day (over last 20 years)
- Establish detailed cost and performance metrics for each subsystem (30 Oct)
- Establish performance specifications for each team/subsystem, tied to competition rules
- Determine cost targets for each team/subsystem to hit $250K target
- Maintain cost and energy budgets to allow analysis of tradeoffs from baseline design
- Develop performance models demonstrating that specifications can be met (15 Nov)
- Analytical or computational model for each subsystem in form that is usable for tradeoff studies
- Document all components on team wiki + project manual (23 Nov)
- Evaluate state-of-the-art technology options that can be incorporated into our design and perform cost analysis (15 Dec)
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Approach
- Stick to summer 2010 system architecture decisions; avoid re-inventing the wheel
- Hold off on alterations to the baseline until we have a fully analyzed, documented and costed baseline
- Schedule planning event with Caltech + SCI-Arc to help people meet each other and align goals, milestones and schedule
- Identify individual students who will be responsible for insuring good cross-project integration between appropriate groups
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