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RISD SOLAR DECATHLON ENTRY

 2005 with Rhode Island School of Design

Architects: RISD SOLAR TEAM / Johnathan Knowles

Lead Builders:  Jeffrey Sitton & Alex Bettisworth

Sustainable Engineering for all MEP systems by Arden Engineering Providence, RI

This 800 sqft modular, transportable and fully sustainable solar house competed in the 2005 Solar Decathlon sposored by the US Department of Energy.  The house featured radiant heating with a solar evacuated tube system, and a heliotropic skin that responded to the suns position to maximize or minimize solar gain depending on season.    

 

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