Goals
- Build an integrated team (SCI-Arc + Caltech) that can win the 2011 Solar Decathlon
- Complete the design development phase of the Solar Decathlon competiion
- 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
- Assign students to subsystems and teams, with linkages between teams with overlapping functionality
- For subsystems with existing baseline designs:
- Revalidate the baseline design computations and verify that baseline can achieve maximum points for relevant competition(s)
- Communicate and agree on specifications and choices with EST and SCI-Arc teams
- Perform model-based analysis of system performance in a form that can be used for trade-off studies
- Document the baseline design in a manner that is compatible with design development phase deliverable
- For systems without existing baseline designs:
- Analyze options design with performance, cost, electrical load, thermal load estimates
- Establish a baseline design that can achieve maximum points for relevant competition(s), in agreement with EST and SCI-Arc teams
- Document the baseline design in a manner that is compatible with design development phase deliverable
- Document and refine baseline specifications to insure we can win the 2011 Solar Decathlon
- Provide a design capable of full capability (max points) with net-zero energy consumption for 95th percentile day
- Provide zero-net energy consumption with reduced capability (90% max points) on worst case day (over last 20 years)
- Establish detailed cost and performance metrics for each subsystem
- Establish specifications for each subsystem, tied to competition rules
- Develop cost and energy estimates for each subsystem to allow analysis of tradeoffs from baseline design
- Develop a cost breakdown for the house that hits the $250K target
- 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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