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

[matti]

THANKS Claude!!

Folks, PLEASE do help spread the word for us.

fb, cl, various linux forums.

I love to see us get good presentations,
and I would love to see them see a room
of interested people.

thanks!
matti


> 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!
> >
> > I'm very excited to about the upcoming JUNE meeting
> topic.
> >
> > PLEASE remember to help promote our meetings and get
> the
> > word out. ( Can someone update the website? thanks! )
> >
> > 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)
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > "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."
> >
> > http://chip2011.com/
> >
> > http://www.sgvlug.org/
> >
> > Thanks!
> > matti
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>