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Electrical energy balance contest in Solar Decathlon Europe 2012
Solar Decathlon Europe (SDE) is an international multidisciplinary competition in which 20 universityteams build and operate energy-efficient solar-powered houses. The aim of SDE is not only scientificbut also educational and divulgative, making visitors to understand the problems presented by realengineering applications and architecture. From a research perspective, the energy data gathered dur-ing the competition constitutes a very promising information for the analysis and understanding of thephotovoltaic systems, grid structures, energy balances and energy efficiency of the set of houses. Thisarticle focuses on the electrical energy components of SDE competition, the energy performance of thehouses and the strategies and behaviors followed by the teams. The rules evaluate the houses? electricalenergy self-sufficiency by looking at the electricity autonomy in terms of aggregated electrical energybalance; the temporary generation-consumption profile pattern correlation; and the use of electricityper measurable area. Although the houses are evaluated under the same climatological and consump-tion conditions, production results are very different due to the specific engineering solutions (differentelectrical topologies, presence or absence of batteries, diverse photovoltaic module solutions, etc.)
Electrical energy balance contest in Solar Decathlon Europe 2012
Solar Decathlon Europe (SDE) is an international multidisciplinary competition in which 20 universityteams build and operate energy-efficient solar-powered houses. The aim of SDE is not only scientificbut also educational and divulgative, making visitors to understand the problems presented by realengineering applications and architecture. From a research perspective, the energy data gathered dur-ing the competition constitutes a very promising information for the analysis and understanding of thephotovoltaic systems, grid structures, energy balances and energy efficiency of the set of houses. Thisarticle focuses on the electrical energy components of SDE competition, the energy performance of thehouses and the strategies and behaviors followed by the teams. The rules evaluate the houses? electricalenergy self-sufficiency by looking at the electricity autonomy in terms of aggregated electrical energybalance; the temporary generation-consumption profile pattern correlation; and the use of electricityper measurable area. Although the houses are evaluated under the same climatological and consump-tion conditions, production results are very different due to the specific engineering solutions (differentelectrical topologies, presence or absence of batteries, diverse photovoltaic module solutions, etc.)
Electrical energy balance contest in Solar Decathlon Europe 2012
Matallanas de Avila, Eduardo (author) / Solorzano del Moral, Jorge (author) / Castillo Cagigal, Manuel (author) / Navarro Oiza, Iñaki (author) / Caamaño Martín, Estefanía (author) / Egido, Miguel Angel (author) / Gutierrez Martín, Álvaro (author)
2014-11-01
Energy and Buildings, ISSN 0378-7788, 2014-11, Vol. 83
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
DDC:
690
Electrical energy balance contest in Solar Decathlon Europe 2012
| Online Contents | 2014
Electrical energy balance contest in Solar Decathlon Europe 2012
| Elsevier | 2014
| British Library Online Contents | 2010
| British Library Online Contents | 2014
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Online Contents | 2010