A team of students from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU) is competing at the 2014 Solar Decathlon competition in Versailles, France. Using WPI’s 2013 Solatrium House as a benchmark, the purpose of this project was to observe, evaluate and document the HSLU team’s material selection process for their your+ house. We provided recommendations to improve the entirety of the dynamic decision-making processes. In addition, we created a manual for the Life Cycle Assessment software, SimaPro®, which can be used to assist inexperienced users. The recommendations we made will help improve team strategies for future competitions.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Love, Timothy James
• Tice, Lauren Elisabeth
• Michalski, William John
• Azizi, Azarmeedokht Ghazanfari

Subject

• Environment
• Energy
• Industry
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050114-153226

Keyword

• Application software--Development
• Sustainability
• Solar energy

Advisor

• Golding, Dominic
• Schaufeld, Jerome

Year

• 2014

Center

• Zurich, Switzerland Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Lucerne University of Applied Scinces and Arts (HSLU)
• Schulz, Uwe
• West, Shaun

Date created

• 2014-05-01

Location

• Zurich

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright