Comments on: SOLAR DECATHLON 2007: Darmstadt’s Stunning Solar House

By: Necessary Roughness » Blog Archive » OSPE CPD: IT Discussion and Solar House Tour

Tue, 20 May 2008 14:49:53 +0000

[...] donations they were able to get it down to around $310,000. Darmstadt won the competition with a $2,000,000 house. Europe is in the middle of a movement to be self-sufficient with energy, so Darmstadt wanted the [...]

By: jim

jim — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:50:33 +0000

Might I backup The Revolution Corporation – Right On! We have developed a “Whole House” System with a $3 million projected prototype cost and a less than $50/sf projected market cost. Our solar roof is projected to cost $2 million for the prototype yet cost the same as a conventional roof in the marketplace. Our solar PolyARCH roof is designed to span up to 300 feet, is projected to cost about $2.5 million for the first prototype and cost less than half what a current mega-store non-solar roof costs.

P.S. I made a 28 hr round trip from the West Coast to see the Solar Decathlon and had two choices ~ wait in line to see the Darmsadt home and miss my return flight – or study it from the outside with the help of one of their students. He did an excellent job and I made my return flight. But I sure wish I could have seen the interior as well.

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Ibook G4 Info » Professional Locate Investigations. — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 09:38:33 +0000

[...] and livable as they are energy efficient. Looking as if they stepped off the pages of a magazine, Germany’s gorgeous Darmstadt House and Colorado’s eye-catching CORE house prove that zero-energy design is simply not just an [...]

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What’s Green Building got to do with Autism? — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 08:53:25 +0000

[...] of Cincinnatti’s colorful contribution here, Darmstadt Germany’s stunning design here and University of Colorado’s CORE concept [...]

By: The Revolution Corporation

The Revolution Corporation — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:01:55 +0000

In reference to the cost of the Darmstadt house. Remember that this is a first generation prototype, and a test bed for new technology. $730K is not what the production model would cost. Think automotive prototyping. The consumer doesn’t pay the prototype cost for their $21K Prius. And should a Prius really cost $21K ?!?
Just as with every other product that is prototyped, you WILL see the technology that has been developed in this house on the market for a much reduced price within the next ten years.

By: Inhabitat » GERMANY WINS THE 2007 SOLAR DECATHLON!

Inhabitat » GERMANY WINS THE 2007 SOLAR DECATHLON! — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:45:52 +0000

[...] of this years Solar Decathlon competition! In order to win this prestigious design competition, the German team had to beat out a whole slew of American universities on U.S. turf (the National Mall in Washington [...]

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:40:43 +0000

An absolutly beautiful house, but did anyone take a look at the team’s web page? http://www.solardecathlon.de/ Please do, click “Our House” the click “Charges”. You will notice that this house cost over $1.3 million to make and bring to the US. $730,000+ in construction costs alone!!! I know this is a competition and price is often overlooked but i couldn’t help but think that Sustainability has to address economics as well as the environment if it is ever to make a real impace on our world.
All the “talk” about green/sustainability is based on saving energy and saving money. These houses are under 800 sq ft so how is building at $916 per sq foot sustainable? You could build a really nice 1600 sq ft house at a luxurious $150 sq ft = $240,000…put another $100,000 into “green” upgrades and then still have $400,000 left to pay for all the energy you could ever use. Is that proving that sustainability is undenyable?

By: Complaint Hub » Blog Archive » This is beautiful

Complaint Hub » Blog Archive » This is beautiful — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:44:35 +0000

[...] Inhabitat » SOLAR DECATHLON 2007: Technische Universität Darmstadt Combining the manufacturing expertise of Volkswagen with a stunningly modern design sensibility, the Technische Universität Darmstadt’s wowed the crowds this week at the 2007 Solar Decathlon with their gorgeously innovative Solar Decathlon home. [...]