Class Notes-2007

Class 1-fossil fuels and solar history

Labor Day-off

Class 2-Green Building materials and strategies

Class 3-2004 Green building materials. Oral presentations
2005 Green materials
2005 Vermont Builds Greener checklist

Class 4- Intro to Passive Design:
Autonomous 100% solar design principles
Class design project spreadsheet

Class 5-Passive Design:Green Building tour day.
Solar Home tour website
Please read and pick a location if you haven't already. Pick up a digital camera at the media center, downstairs in the library, on Friday and take pictures of the solar home you visit. Show pictures on Monday. Bring CD with pictures or email to me.

Class 6-Passive Design: Solar Home tour slides.

Class 7-link:Passive Design: Drawing, Windows, Energy Calculations

Class 8-Passive Design: Thermal mass, overhang, backup heating

Class 9-link:
James Burde case studies

Passive Design: Review of passive design principles

Class 10-Passive design preliminary review. Developing World Solar Systems

Class 11-Solar Hot water Systems, solar decathlon, contractors-

Solar hot water article #2 from Home Power

Class 12- Nov. 6: Solar Hot Water quiz. Present H2O selection.
Photovoltaic systems load calculations
, Photovoltaic Systems Integration: off-grid, grid intertie, battery backup, etc.

Class 13-Nov. 13 Topic: Photovoltaic systems design and component selection

Homework for Nov 27, 2004:
2) Prepare a presentation by group on photovoltaic system components: panels (single crystal, poly/multi crystal, thin film/amorphous), inverters, controllers, batteries, trackers.
Please explain the technology and list all the companies that make them and comparison between competing products.

Class 14-Nov. 27 Topic: Photovoltaics. PV System selection. Review for presentation

Class 15-Dec. 4: Final Design Review - Integrated solar house design presentation: Outside Design review Panel.

Design project Report due. Dec. 11, 2005