UL wins the People's Choice Award! That and Market Viability 1st place. I'd say those are pretty big even though the final tally wasn't what we all wanted. Going down to the Mall in DC to congratulate the team.
Tom
UL wins the People's Choice Award! That and Market Viability 1st place. I'd say those are pretty big even though the final tally wasn't what we all wanted. Going down to the Mall in DC to congratulate the team.
Tom
And all that is with no points in Net Metering and basically no points in Hot Water.
#1 in Market viability and #1 in what people like and want. Believe it or not those are not the same even if they must go hand in hand for ultimate success in the market place.
Congrats on any who text messaged and helped UL win the People's Choice Award.
ps this reminds me of FedEx and Raising Canes. Not the best grade with doubters but very successful companies.
Lost points in Hot Water and Net Metering. While they did have running hot water that was up to temp (110 I think) they were unable to fill 15 gallons in 10 minutes or less. The Net Metering measures their energy consumption for the duration of the competition. If they produce more energy than they consume they get bonus points. Not sure the exact cause for using more power than what was generated though. Would love to know why as well. Even if they had broke even in the Net Metering and gained just a few points, they would have finished a bit higher in the standings.
People's Choice and Market Viability awards are pretty big though. That says people like your design and would do well on the open market, which is ultimately what this competition strives to accomplish.
The full standings are available on www.solardecathlon.org. We should be incredibly proud of what our students accomplished. BTW, our name on the back of the Decathlon shirts: Univ. of Louisiana.
check out the progress of the disassembly:
http://oxblue.com/pro/open/solardecathlon/cam123/
Click on Cam#3 and you can zoom in pretty close. BeauSoliel House is the closest to the camera in the lower right corner.
Our own architectural department. They were involved in both eyesores.
The B S house was a great idea with a design nobody could afford. I’m of the mantra until alternative designs/systems of energy efficiency is affordable and desirable to the population whose budget is impacted greatly by energy (low/mod income), it’s all pie in the sky.
Much like the HFH home built in Truman around the time the BS house was built. I asked what happens when one of the systems break or needs maintenance…what if owner cannot afford repairs. The answer was “if not repaired it becomes inactive and reverts to conventional systems”.
But everyone involved in the build felt great. SMH
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