Portable solar container house will go to the United States participating
Tongji University students designed and built mobile solar container housing 16 shown in Shanghai, providing a new way for people of low-carbon life, and will participate in this year held in Washington in September of 2011 American Solar Decathlon competition. Day, cost $ 250,000, six containers assembled into a Y-shaped space, fully equipped with indoor furniture, appliance, all supplied by the solar electricity at home \"container sun room\" to attract the attention of everyone.
Reporters on the scene saw a total of 90 square meters of space, can accommodate one person, \"comfortable\" life of the solar house, to spread bamboo floor, housing on one side with a folding double bed, the bed is put away after the cabinet. The other side is a fully equipped kitchen and bathroom, erection of roof solar panels to provide electricity and hot water, domestic water system by the sewage purification process. The middle of a small living room and study the function of both restaurants. South transparent housing, 120 for each 2-degree angle between the assembled container was designed to provide residents with the maximum angle of view. Link at the container floor through the glass door and around to the external terrace homes. Only houses on both sides of the huge metal insert lock, will remind people of this lovely house with heavy container are linked. \"Ceiling, walls, floors are equipped with new high-performance vacuum insulation panel; the collectors and air-conditioning waste heat recovery, are integrated, to improve the overall efficiency of solar energy\", project leader, green building and Tongji University New Energy Research Center Deputy Director Tan Hong Wei introduced a number of building integrated solar house energy-saving technologies, such as the use of light pipe to the introduction of natural light for indoor lighting, roof equipped with rainwater harvesting and water reuse systems, to maximize the use of natural resources. In addition, indoor environmental monitoring, energy management, facilities management, all to achieve a digital, information, visualization, residential capacity, energy consumption, living environment and other data in real-time visual display, but also the use of 3G mobile phones and other mobile terminals remote control.
Environmental protection and good value for money is the concept of the entire design team. Person in charge of student housing projects Sun, Tongji University architecture students Hua Guodong said Kenji, \"International House on the cost of these environmental standards is usually $ 400,000, we use recycled green materials, only 25 million dollars, much easier for people to accept. \" Quickly and easily removable, long-haul transport, but also the use of existing structures, site conditions, different fight Dachu different combinations of flexible space is a \"container sun house\" is another feature. Tan Hongwei, said that this model can be extended to construction waste container transformation, disaster, and many other temporary shelters housing projects built in.
Solar Decathlon competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and organized every two years, each in a worldwide selection of 20 universities participating. Each participating university student teams to design, build out a unique solar-energy solar homes and fully equipped with appliances and furniture and other everyday living facilities. \"We hope the next Solar Decathlon competition also in China, held in Shanghai,\" said Li Yongsheng, vice president of Tongji University.