The students really enjoyed the experience, as did I, since it was the first time a alumni of the SNAP house has been by to share their story. We welcome others!
Here are some images of that day.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Visitors from Mexico
On Friday, March 6th we had a wonderful group of students from a technical school in Mexico come visit our home. They will be participating in the 2010 International Solar Decathlon competition. Dason Whitsett, from the 2005 UT SNAP house team gave the students a tour of the home and provided first hand insight about the building design, mechanical systems, and overall experience.
The students really enjoyed the experience, as did I, since it was the first time a alumni of the SNAP house has been by to share their story. We welcome others!
Here are some images of that day.
The students really enjoyed the experience, as did I, since it was the first time a alumni of the SNAP house has been by to share their story. We welcome others!
Here are some images of that day.
Solar Water and PV Electrical Update- a bit of clarity
It seems that there was a blurb in communication between us and BCDC about how the new hot water system will be working. According to Blackland, "The Harden House will continue to get heated water from the Solar House tank but will have a gas heater as backup if the water is too cool. In essence, the Solar House system will act to "pre-heat" the Harden House water."
There will be no shut off valves between the two units, like we indicated in the previous post and diagram. So, essentially the the flash heater (and its high usage of electric) is still part of the equation.
As far as connecting the Solar Electrical system working the latest news from BCDC is: "The PV panels need a final inspection which requires a plaque be placed on the solar meter box. Eric Kay has the data from Aaron Cloninger and is to get the plaque made soon. But he also needs to reinstate the electric permit that lapsed Feb. 1. With those done, we can hopefuly flip the switch."
There will be no shut off valves between the two units, like we indicated in the previous post and diagram. So, essentially the the flash heater (and its high usage of electric) is still part of the equation.
As far as connecting the Solar Electrical system working the latest news from BCDC is: "The PV panels need a final inspection which requires a plaque be placed on the solar meter box. Eric Kay has the data from Aaron Cloninger and is to get the plaque made soon. But he also needs to reinstate the electric permit that lapsed Feb. 1. With those done, we can hopefuly flip the switch."
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