Sept. 8-fossil fuels and solar history
Sept. 22-Green building materials oral presentations, intro to DATACAD
Sept. 29-Intro to passive solar, campus and off campus projects
Oct. 6-Solar Home tour slides, magnetic and true south
Oct. 20-Passive Design: Windows
Oct. 27-Thermal mass, windows, review of passive design principles
Nov. 10-Continue Passive design preliminary review. Developing World Solar Systems
Nov. 17-Solar Hot water Systems, solar decathlon, contractors
Nov.24-Photovoltaic systems components: panels, batteries, inverters, controllers
Dec. 1-Electrical system load calculations. PV system design and component selection
Dec. 8-Final Design Review-Integrated
solar house design presentation w/Outside Design review Panel.
December 15-Design project Report due.