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First Light by Victoria University of Wellington

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/2013/06/first-light-by-victoria-university-of-Wellington.html" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Minimalist-Wood-House-Fresh-Holiday-Home-First-Light" border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1r-fZ3SUZ7KbFgMx-x-FcJZ1IZJQSqM1KvJjunJjmgdm6kU9S7SPmhYkyIj7T_hhK11Mg2HpnkRuFVBeeMIbOgWcgsM8Aawfv80fajf3TUL-4t-VksX9UQqXXvAl90uhnCznfYgsqhWY/s640/Minimalist-Wood-House-Fresh-Holiday-Home-First-Light.jpg" title="Minimalist-Wood-House-Fresh-Holiday-Home-First-Light" width="640"></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span lang="IN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IN;"></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="IN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IN;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="IN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IN;"></span><span lang="IN"><a href="http://firstlighthouse.ac.nz/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IN;"></span></a></span><span lang="IN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IN;"></span></div><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">In 2011, US Department of Energy Solar Decathlon has held the contest of home design with energy as the main category. </span><span lang="IN">Victoria University of Wellington</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> has participated home design, called <a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/2013/06/first-light-by-victoria-university-of-Wellington.html" rel="" target="_blank">First Light</a> for the entrance. Efficient in energy is a goal to this home design beside façade and other aspects as its consideration.</span><br></div><a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/2013/06/first-light-by-victoria-university-of-Wellington.html#more">... Read More ...</a>

First Light by Victoria University of Wellington

In 2011, US Department of Energy Solar Decathlon has held the contest of home design with energy as the main category. Victoria University of Wellington has participated home design, called First Light for the entrance. Efficient in energy is a goal to this home design beside façade and other aspect…

25Jun2013

High Performance & Energy Efficient Home, ENJOY HOUSE by Team New Jersey

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/2013/06/high-performance-energy-efficient-home.html" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Home-Design-ENJOY-HOUSE-Team-New-Jersey" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGqycIWehyNwqkCd31aImpRDkjUYjrikINmRw0CNCDxP8j6fDg-rnR7VqzHBmjwVzne-C7l_HZAgCmoXiHAG0qO7W6sfDk_lkdE6xosSWz0u5reEs0qyrnw_jSw8wcyQsCmh_3YrN6jy0/s640/Home-Design-ENJOY-HOUSE-Team-New-Jersey.jpg" title="Home-Design-ENJOY-HOUSE-Team-New-Jersey" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/2013/06/high-performance-energy-efficient-home.html" target="_blank">ENJOY HOUSE</a>has been completed by Team New Jersey for participating US Department of energy solar decathlon in 2011. A main concept of this home design is to build a home with high performance and using energy efficiently so that its design applies some technologies.</span></div><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="IN">This home’s design features many special part for </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">an affordable, functional, energy-efficient house suited to the climate of New Jersey </span><span lang="IN">such as, concrete panel in all roof, wall, and floor, perforation, and a rainwater collector called inverter-hip roof. And the technologies in this house such as, an evacuated solar thermal tubes (able to heat domestic hot water and preheating for the hydronic radiant floor), Fiberglass-framed windows, a 9-kW photovoltaic system with target output of 36 kWh, energy recovery ventilators and dehumidifiers. Photo by <a href="http://jimtetro.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JimTetro.com</a></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVUgmS_CqpCTo8BxLOK_mK5mNcoCHnEGc5SZ-4j7pifH0SE6YpYkaVF8y0rFatW_IGOzLT2iSUKzJbtIpAEIHdKR_g5U2TVe3_9lrpKdQVcc4PcqWCsGoPB0x-54d1NmIA_1SVREsk_J8/s1600/Home-Energy-Efficient-Design-ENJOY-HOUSE-Team-New-Jersey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Home-Energy-Efficient-Design-ENJOY-HOUSE-Team-New-Jersey" border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVUgmS_CqpCTo8BxLOK_mK5mNcoCHnEGc5SZ-4j7pifH0SE6YpYkaVF8y0rFatW_IGOzLT2iSUKzJbtIpAEIHdKR_g5U2TVe3_9lrpKdQVcc4PcqWCsGoPB0x-54d1NmIA_1SVREsk_J8/s640/Home-Energy-Efficient-Design-ENJOY-HOUSE-Team-New-Jersey.jpg" title="Home-Energy-Efficient-Design-ENJOY-HOUSE-Team-New-Jersey" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span lang="IN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: IN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IN;">ENJOY House</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IN;"> by <a href="http://www.solarteamnewjersey.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Team New Jersey</a>:</span></b></h2><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: IN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IN;"></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>“<span lang="IN">Team New Jersey's entry for the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011, ENJOY</span></i><i><span lang="IN"> </span><span lang="IN">House, suggests a new way of approaching high</span></i><i><span lang="IN" style="font-family: "Cambria Math","serif";"></span><span lang="IN">-performance, energy-</span></i><i><span lang="IN">efficient residential</span></i><i><span lang="IN"> </span><span lang="IN">design. Cutting</span></i><i>-<span lang="IN">edge fabrication techniques meet the age</span></i><i>-<span lang="IN">old technology of concrete in its</span></i><i><span lang="IN"> </span><span lang="IN">intelligent design. The roof's inverted</span></i><i><span lang="IN" style="font-family: "Cambria Math","serif";"></span><span lang="IN">hip shape is calibrated for optimal solar energy and</span></i><i><span lang="IN"> </span><span lang="IN">rainwater collection, contributing to an architecture informed by performance criteria. </span></i></span></div><br /><h2 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Design Philosophy</span></i></h2><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">The ENJOY House integrates passive strategies, new solar technologies, and contemporary</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><span lang="IN">architectural ideas. Built of pre-</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN" style="font-family: "Cambria Math","serif";"></span><span lang="IN">cast concrete insulated panels, the house requires little</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><span lang="IN">upkeep compared with traditional stick-</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN" style="font-family: "Cambria Math","serif";"></span><span lang="IN">frame materials. The highly insulated building</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><span lang="IN">envelope and passive solar strategies significantly reduce heating and cooling loads. </span></i></div><h2 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Features</span></i></h2><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">Team New Jersey aims to create an affordable, functional, energy-efficient house suited to</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><span lang="IN">the climate of New Jersey. To accomplish these goals, the ENJOY House features:</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">Concrete panels in all roof, wall, and floor assemblies that use varied casting processes</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">Perforations that allow for daylighting and dramatically improve thermal performance</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">An inverted-</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN" style="font-family: "Cambria Math","serif";"></span><span lang="IN">hip roof that allows for rainwater collection. </span></i></div><h2 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Technologies</span></i></h2><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">ENJOY House incorporates strategic technologies, including:</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">Evacuated solar thermal tubes that heat domestic hot water and provide preheating for the hydronic radiant floor</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">Fiberglass-framed windows that are high-performing, energy-efficient, and durable</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">A 9-kW photovoltaic system with a target daily electric output of 36 kWh</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">Energy recovery ventilators and dehumidifiers that keep cool air inside the house while providing fresh air from outside. </span></i></div><h2 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Market Strategy</span></i></h2><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">The ENJOY House is intended for a couple that retires to the Jersey shore. With a retiree's needs in mind, the team has designed a 960-ft<sup>2</sup> (89-m<sup>2</sup>) house that is ADA-accessible. Team New Jersey has integrated universal design principles into its architecture to create a house that is accessible to people of all ages and levels of mobility. </span></i></div><h2 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">What's Next</span></i></h2><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">Nonprofit organizations in New Jersey as well as private homebuilders have expressed interest in taking possession of the ENJOY House after the competition. Team New Jersey hopes to determine the house's final destination before the start of Solar Decathlon 2011.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">”</span></i></div></div></div>

High Performance & Energy Efficient Home, ENJOY HOUSE by Team New Jersey

ENJOY HOUSEhas been completed by Team New Jersey for participating US Department of energy solar decathlon in 2011. A main concept of this home design is to build a home with high performance and using energy efficiently so that its design applies some technologies.This home’s design features many s…

25Jun2013

Solar Homestead by APPState University

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/2013/06/solar-homestead-by-appstate-university.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Modern-Home-Design-Solar-Homestead" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOfuVIuqYC8w6j9Z0dncZlK6JCC6kO91yIytmTFXVw3ncOkp63XhtRJSZabVThOzdHOhTAGRpofJvb2_QGjtqpy9IeI5KppvTtC5_vgPMtbUMsSL_M1jQSXbMmJ0ddllwDCkV4KxgKJH4/s640/Modern-Home-Design-Solar-Homestead.jpg" title="Modern-Home-Design-Solar-Homestead" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/2013/06/solar-homestead-by-appstate-university.html" target="_blank">This modern home design</a>, called Solar Homestead has fully designed by <a href="http://www.appstate.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Appalachian State University</a> for participating US Department of Energy Solar Decathlon in 2011. The features of this home design are the high technologies that applied for its energy supply.</span></div><a name='more'></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSaL8h-_Lv9m5Yc8f5y5dl61ZOenScAcaEdsqBjPIOvtROG4mxsHwZnT22yPAAQctizRLDrTn0L-iOkPAMHhXayOr-oKTKdANYmfcc4hgoaqe10BVmXx8s6QaIeBtz3N02HvXBYXPPsic/s1600/Family-Room-Design-Interior-Solar-Homestead.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Family-Room-Design-Interior-Solar-Homestead" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSaL8h-_Lv9m5Yc8f5y5dl61ZOenScAcaEdsqBjPIOvtROG4mxsHwZnT22yPAAQctizRLDrTn0L-iOkPAMHhXayOr-oKTKdANYmfcc4hgoaqe10BVmXx8s6QaIeBtz3N02HvXBYXPPsic/s640/Family-Room-Design-Interior-Solar-Homestead.jpg" title="Family-Room-Design-Interior-Solar-Homestead" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Inspired by traditional Appalachian settlements is called <a href="http://www.thesolarhomestead.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Solar Homestead</a></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a <i>traditional</i> settlement lifestyle that is <i>combined</i> with <i>modern clean-energy technology</i>. There are six outbuilding modules connect to form the Great Porch. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">House features</span>two bedrooms, a <i>day-lit</i> bathroom, <i>energy-efficient appliances</i>, and a versatile living and dining area, also includes an independent flex space that can be used as a home office, art studio, or guest quarters and <i>8.2-kW trellis of bifacial solar cells</i> on outdoor living space. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The Solar Homestead</span> house has forty-two <i>bifacial photovoltaic panels</i> to provide solar energy, on-demand solar thermal domestic <i>hot water system</i> provide constant water temperature, and a <i>trombe</i> wall that can store heat and release it at night. This house was designed for <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">residents of Asheville</span>, North Carolina by </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Appalachian State University</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">and participated in <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011</span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcBFS-tDrvKRiTBotbOT7xwUqX-6lZmm6fEoD8YGQDEaI-pXkt0NfUyNjykHHHsshlhe9mD74Xbm9KHfAjP1w0I2lqUSaBff7WurzElPDuqU7toaTVzDtkKxzhXgRGmqquBGOCMrZqjvU/s1600/Lounge-Family-Room-Design-Interior-Solar-Homestead.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lounge-Family-Room-Design-Interior-Solar-Homestead" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcBFS-tDrvKRiTBotbOT7xwUqX-6lZmm6fEoD8YGQDEaI-pXkt0NfUyNjykHHHsshlhe9mD74Xbm9KHfAjP1w0I2lqUSaBff7WurzElPDuqU7toaTVzDtkKxzhXgRGmqquBGOCMrZqjvU/s640/Lounge-Family-Room-Design-Interior-Solar-Homestead.jpg" title="Lounge-Family-Room-Design-Interior-Solar-Homestead" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="IN" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: IN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPNEYzmdpCdVm6EyNReLyn8oGI3YCglB_hSJ-LqFH1Sg2FWEOSYbWCTNCaa2-Ju7UUgD5dNmxmEVmEBllH-v7DEHK8kDxVbYKQP8fksJ_zajKnvTHJ2dqNlnSMYAtRmad3UDGGExr4SBE/s1600/Bedroom-Design-Interior-Solar-Homestead.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Bedroom-Design-Interior-Solar-Homestead" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPNEYzmdpCdVm6EyNReLyn8oGI3YCglB_hSJ-LqFH1Sg2FWEOSYbWCTNCaa2-Ju7UUgD5dNmxmEVmEBllH-v7DEHK8kDxVbYKQP8fksJ_zajKnvTHJ2dqNlnSMYAtRmad3UDGGExr4SBE/s640/Bedroom-Design-Interior-Solar-Homestead.jpg" title="Bedroom-Design-Interior-Solar-Homestead" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Solar Homestead by APPState University

This modern home design, called Solar Homestead has fully designed by Appalachian State University for participating US Department of Energy Solar Decathlon in 2011. The features of this home design are the high technologies that applied for its energy supply.Inspired by traditional Appalachian sett…

25Jun2013

Passive Home Design, PerFORM[D]ance House by Florida International University

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/2013/06/Passive-Home-Design-PerFORMDance-House-Florida-International-University.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Home-design-energy-efficient-PerFORM[D]ance-House" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ByVFk8xi0e7EMjs9NuXdIRqflUzdqLt8L0ELsNZT93eoYaCTp-2LG0wotzTumX0o6hpOovjgc4whFMD7qmvSmzNVDfUhOcBg4ttCL3ZIqsZOdEWvk5p9c9d6EM1IhO3xsxPukOxVA3M/s640/Home-design-energy-efficient-PerFORM%5BD%5Dance-House.jpg" title="Home-design-energy-efficient-PerFORM[D]ance-House" width="640" /></a></div><div style="mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></div><div style="mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Passive design strategy increases this home value, this home design applies some home technologies and features make it more efficient in energy using. Its Interior design mostly combines in white and widely constructed that provides more space and remembers to the suitable with exterior.</span></span></div><a name='more'></a><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><br /><div style="mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></span></div><div style="mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Inspired of Paul Rudolph’s Cocoon House, it incorporates lightness and open spatial. It also incorporates tropical design including louvers, flat roof and expansive horizontally. The unique house features such as operable louvers that protect against hurricane-force winds, a fully retractable glazing system and an exterior deck, and Bio-remediating beds. And some technologies and strategies include cross ventilation, shading canopy, a ductless air conditioning system, system automation (sensors, timers, and remote controls), monitoring capabilities, a reflective white exterior. This house’s design was created by team of Florida International University </span><span lang="IN"><a href="http://solardecathlon.fiu.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">solardecathlon.fiu.edu</span></a></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> as an entry of U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011.</span></span></div><div style="mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></div><br /><div style="mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="IN">perFORM[D]ance House by Florida International University:</span></b></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="IN">Team website: </span><a href="http://solardecathlon.fiu.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span lang="IN" style="color: blue;">solardecathlon.fiu.edu</span></a><span lang="IN"></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">"Florida International University's U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 entry, the perFORM[D]ance House, responds to its environment, its inhabitants, and its use. Its open pavilion design links the interior with the exterior through a layered façade and integrated landscape, and operable louver panels open to extend the interior space and expand the livable space to the exterior. The ever-changing configuration is driven by environmental conditions, resulting in an interactive performance that showcases sustainable strategies and technologies.</span></i><br /><h2><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Design Philosophy</span></i></h2><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">The design of the perFORM[D]ance House incorporates lightness and open spatial continuity reminiscent of Paul Rudolph's Cocoon House. The house incorporates key elements of tropical design, including louvers, a continuous flat roof, and an expansive horizontality. </span></i><br /><h2><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Features</span></i></h2><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">The perFORM[D]ance House features:</span></i><br /><div style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span lang="IN" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">         </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">Operable louvers that raise and lower as needed for privacy, shading, and protection against hurricane-force winds </span></i></div><div style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span lang="IN" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">         </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">A fully retractable glazing system on the windows that provides relief from the heat and humidity of South Florida </span></i></div><div style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span lang="IN" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">         </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">An exterior deck with a garden and biofiltration pond </span></i></div><div style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span lang="IN" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">         </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">Bio-remediating beds that treat storm-water runoff collected from the roof using native landscaping that filters sediment, reduces runoff, and oxygenates water.</span></i></div><h2><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Technologies</span></i></h2><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">Florida International University's house is an elegant hybrid of technology and design that achieves livability and sustainability using: </span></i><br /><div style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span lang="IN" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">         </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">Passive design strategies such as natural cross-ventilation, canopy shade devices, and daylighting to reduce demand on mechanical systems </span></i></div><div style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span lang="IN" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">         </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">A ductless air conditioning system that uses micro-climate zoning to increase comfort while decreasing load </span></i></div><div style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span lang="IN" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">         </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">Sensors, timers, and remote controls to provide system automation that increases efficiency and reduces operation and maintenance costs </span></i></div><div style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span lang="IN" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">         </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">A weather station with monitoring capabilities that allows homeowners to monitor energy production and use, solar panel performance, and water consumption </span></i></div><div style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span lang="IN" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">         </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">A reflective white exterior to reduce cooling demand. </span></i></div><h2><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Market Strategy</span></i></h2><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">The perFORM[D]ance House was designed for a Hispanic-American couple whose children are off in college. Juan Gonzalez is a self-employed contractor and green building advocate. Alice Gonzalez is a former art history professor who has an illness that requires her to use a wheelchair. These empty-nesters have always wanted to retire to the sunny, subtropical climate of Miami, Florida. </span></i><br /><h2><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">What's Next</span></i></h2><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">After the house returns from Solar Decathlon 2011, it will be installed on the Modesto A. Maidique Campus of Florida International University in Miami. The perFORM[D]ance House will support the university's Office of Sustainability by serving as a visitor center pavilion and promoting the university's mission for sustainability."</span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSu5bAJDC-Gm_xfzH7MYArxJMgbyTsGhxmESbuRhOxiI3cRzwq-2QJDCbGIvEPYwTlmK4a1pD7R1wZuh-tYsGdVjD_XWNwEv3d_2dRkwiqT0thyphenhypheniBrJemIdFg3MzZgnE5uAYEA0kPmsU/s1600/Interior-Design-Bedroom-Kitchen-Diningroom-Livingroom-PerFORM%5BD%5Dance-House.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Interior-Design-Bedroom-Kitchen-Diningroom-Livingroom-PerFORM[D]ance-House" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSu5bAJDC-Gm_xfzH7MYArxJMgbyTsGhxmESbuRhOxiI3cRzwq-2QJDCbGIvEPYwTlmK4a1pD7R1wZuh-tYsGdVjD_XWNwEv3d_2dRkwiqT0thyphenhypheniBrJemIdFg3MzZgnE5uAYEA0kPmsU/s640/Interior-Design-Bedroom-Kitchen-Diningroom-Livingroom-PerFORM%5BD%5Dance-House.jpg" title="Interior-Design-Bedroom-Kitchen-Diningroom-Livingroom-PerFORM[D]ance-House" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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