2007 Winner!
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Category: Building | Tier: Student
Submitted by: Adam Fenner, Jason Bond, Thomas Gerhardt, Josh
Canez, Nick Schaider
College Station, TX—A team of students at Texas A&M University,
2007 Solar Decathlon Team
The
open source concept used in the software community is adapted in this entry
to develop open source building systems allowing anyone to design and incorporate
elements into the building system if grid protocols and standard joint connections
are used. Using a library of pre-manufactured components brought to a site
and assembled efficiently, the structure is designed with a specialized bolted
connector joints that allows for components to be unplugged easily and without
damage. Radio Frequency Identification Tags (RFID) can be embedded to take
inventory and check the history of components. The project even includes
a community building game, Utopia 2.0, to allow neighbors to swap building
modules as family and community needs change.
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