Interpreting Solar House-Using International Solar Decathlon Works as Example

Abstract

The international Solar Decathlon competition, or SD, is known as the "Solar Energy Olympics". It was launched and organized by the United States Department of Energy for colleges and universities around the world to participate in building with solar power technology. The competition has been successfully held five times. With the help of the world’s top research and development, teams of technical and creative background design with solar energy utilization for building energy savings, automation and other technologies, to build and run a functioning, zero carbon, sustainable solar house. Tongji University and Tianjin University recently represented China at the Solar Decathlon competition, and achieved gratifying results. This paper will take the Tongji University's "Bamboo House" and Tianjin University's "Sunflower" as examples to introduce international solar house development trends.