[SGVLUG] JUNE Thur 6/9 meeting topic: Solar Powered Net-Zero house!

[Claude Felizardo]

I had to have my account reauthorized for some reason but it's posted
to the Caltech website...

http://today.caltech.edu/calendar/item.tcl?calendar_id=133302


On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 9:45 AM, matti <mathew_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi!
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> I'm very excited to about the upcoming JUNE meeting topic.
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> PLEASE remember to help promote our meetings and get the
> word out. ( Can someone update the website? thanks! )
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> June Meeting: Thur 6/9/2011
> Time: 7-9pm
> Location: Downs building, room 107, on the Caltech Campus in Pasadena (while the campus address is technically 1200 california street, the campus is quite large. The Downs building is across from the tennis courts on California at Arden)
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> Topic:
> The Caltech Team participating in The US DOE 2011 Solar Decathlon,
> will present on their project, which is using various open source
> tech to run the project.
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> "The Solar Decathlon is a U.S. Department of Energy Sponsored
> competition which challenges teams of college and graduate students
> from around the world to design and build solar-powered, net-zero
> houses. Inside the SCI-Arc/Caltech entry, code named CHIP, a
> sophisticated home automation system monitors every watt of
> electricity consumed and visually communicates the information to
> homeowners. It also plays a central role in optimizing the behavior of
> the house at all times, such as by controlling operation of the active
> thermal mass, shutting down appliances or lights that are no longer
> used, and of course giving the homeowners an instant understanding
> into how their own behaviors affects their energy use and in turn
> their energy bill."
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> http://chip2011.com/
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> http://www.sgvlug.org/
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> Thanks!
> matti
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