It’s called Chip and it’s the new and very original dwelling zero impact built by Southern California Institute of Architecture and selected among the 19 solar houses by the Solar Decathlon 2011 competition organized by the US Department of Energy. It is a curious one architecture characterized by a design reminiscent of a sort of spaceship capable of generating 8.2 kilowatts of photovoltaic energy which correspond to three times the energy required for the daily needs of a house! Let’s take a closer look at this amazing eco project!
In a time when we hear nothing but talk of renewable energies and zero-impact products, Southern California Institute of Architecture, has designed and built one home able to use only the energy produced by the photovoltaic panels applied on the roof.
It is called Chip and is one of the 19 houses selected by the Solar Decathlon 2011 Competition organized by the US Department of Energy for its characteristics of environmental sustainability.
Chip is in fact a highly technological architecture capable of producing 8.2 kilowatts of photovoltaic energy thanks to photovoltaic panels applied on the roof. In addition, the house is equipped with the best innovations in the field of energy saving: passing from one room to another the light goes out behind you and, thanks to a system borrowed from the Xbox, just indicate the light sources to turn them on or off.
Finally, an external computer monitors the atmospheric conditions by modifying the sprinkler ignition from time to time and activating a rainwater recovery mechanism in case of rain.
It’s called Chip and it’s the new and very original dwelling zero impact built by Southern California Institute of Architecture and selected among the 19 solar houses by the Solar Decathlon 2011 competition organized by the US Department of Energy. It is a curious one architecture characterized by a design reminiscent of a sort of spaceship capable of generating 8.2 kilowatts of photovoltaic energy which correspond to three times the energy required for the daily needs of a house! Let’s take a closer look at this amazing eco project!
In a time when we hear nothing but talk of renewable energies and zero-impact products, Southern California Institute of Architecture, has designed and built one home able to use only the energy produced by the photovoltaic panels applied on the roof.
It is called Chip and is one of the 19 houses selected by the Solar Decathlon 2011 Competition organized by the US Department of Energy for its characteristics of environmental sustainability.
Chip is in fact a highly technological architecture capable of producing 8.2 kilowatts of photovoltaic energy thanks to photovoltaic panels applied on the roof. In addition, the house is equipped with the best innovations in the field of energy saving: passing from one room to another the light goes out behind you and, thanks to a system borrowed from the Xbox, just indicate the light sources to turn them on or off.
Finally, an external computer monitors the atmospheric conditions by modifying the sprinkler ignition from time to time and activating a rainwater recovery mechanism in case of rain.
