[SGVLUG] JUNE meeting topic: Solar Powered Net-Zero house!

[matti]

Hi!

I'm very excited to announce the JUNE meeting topic.

Thanks
matti



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The Caltech Team participating in The US DOE 2011 Solar Decathlon,
will present on their project, which iirc happens to be using
various open source tech to run the project.


"The Solar Decathlon is a U.S. Department of Energy Sponsored
competition which challenges teams of college and graduate students
from around the world to design and build solar-powered, net-zero
houses. Inside the SCI-Arc/Caltech entry, code named CHIP, a
sophisticated home automation system monitors every watt of
electricity consumed and visually communicates the information to
homeowners. It also plays a central role in optimizing the behavior of
the house at all times, such as by controlling operation of the active
thermal mass, shutting down appliances or lights that are no longer
used, and of course giving the homeowners an instant understanding
into how their own behaviors affects their energy use and in turn
their energy bill."

http://chip2011.com/