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
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