SCC-Planning: ZER0H: Zero Energy Ready Homes

由于传统电气化产生的经济和环境障碍，估计有12亿人无法获得电力。该项目汇集了电气工程师、建筑师、社区规划师和艺术家，共同设想开发一套工具和技术，以实现低成本、无毒、离网的未来家庭能源输送系统。该研究将整合被动式家居设计的概念，开发一种以直流为主的能源输送系统（不像目前主要的交流系统），同时集成光伏（PV）和使用下一代低成本、高效率、资源丰富的材料的能源储存系统。如果成功，这个概念可以帮助在没有输电网的社区设计更便宜的离网住宅系统，提高现有的离网微电网在自然灾害或系统灾害之后的生存能力，并使达科他州的印第安人社区参与技术和教育材料的开发，这些技术和教育材料与他们固有的环保理想产生深刻的共鸣。该计划拨款的目标是制定一个研究包，将被动式房屋设计、下一代光伏材料和适用于离网部署的零能耗住宅的新型电力电子接口集成在一起，特别强调北达科他州的美洲原住民社区。该项目的核心研究概念是开发具有文化背景的零能耗系统，将电气工程与建筑的传统学术研究结合起来，特别是使用被动式住宅设计原则，以及通过与三个部落机构的社区参与提供的环境和土地利用问题的景观建筑。与目前使用的主要交流系统不同，该项目将尝试开发主要直流传输系统，使用下一代低成本，高效光伏材料（Cu-Zn-Sn-S），先进的耐恶劣天气电池（能够低温运行），多级直流转换系统，以及必要的系统集成，包括控制和保护元件，同时受建筑和环境设计约束的指导。这项三管齐下的研究计划将包括：1)利用被动式房屋设计原则实现能源最小化；2)设计具有光伏集成和存储的主要直流架构；3)开发双线性状态空间模型以优化控制性能。该团队还将寻求与领先的研究实验室合作，开发具有成本效益的、不依赖电网的零能耗住宅和下一代光伏材料的新技术。这项研究将涉及北达科他州的三个部落机构，并寻求社区？以了解文化因素如何转化为住宅能源使用和效率。小组将与这些机构的代表紧密合作，制定一套符合社区文化价值的规范，以配合能源使用和环境限制。这将有助于确保项目中开发的以技术为中心的工具尊重并包容社区的文化、环境和道德层面。

An estimated 1.2 billion people do not have access to electricity due to economic and environmental barriers that arise in conventional electrification. This project brings together electrical engineers, architects, community planners and artists to envision the development of an ensemble of tools and technologies for low cost, non-toxic, off-grid capable future household energy delivery systems. The research will integrate concepts from passive home design to develop a primarily-DC energy delivery system (unlike primarily AC systems, currently) while integrating photovoltaic (PV) and energy storage systems using next-generation low-cost, high efficiency, earth-abundant materials. If successful, the concept can help support the design of cheaper stand- off-grid residential systems in communities without access to transmission, improve the survivability of existing off-grid microgrids in the wake of natural or system disasters, and engage Native American communities from the Dakotas in the development of technologies and educational materials that deeply resonate with their inherent conservationist ideals.The goal of this planning grant is to formulate a research package integrating passive house design, next-generation PV materials, and novel power-electronic interfaces for Zero Energy-Ready Homes suitable for off-grid deployment, with specific emphasis on the Native American community in North Dakota. The project's central research concept is in the development of culturally informed, zero-energy ready systems integrating traditional academic research in Electrical Engineering with architecture- especially, using passive home design principles, and landscape architecture with environmental and land-use issues provided through community engagement with the three tribal institutions. Unlike primarily AC systems used currently, the project will attempt the development of a primarily-DC delivery system using next-generation low-cost, high efficiency PV materials (Cu-Zn-Sn-S), advanced harsh-weather resistant batteries (capable of low-temperature operation), multi-level DC conversion systems, and the necessary systems integration-including control and protection elements while guided by architectural and environmental design constraints. The three-pronged research plan will involve: 1) energy minimization using passive house design principles, 2) design of primarily-DC architectures with PV integration and storage and 3) development of bi-linear state-space models to optimize control performance. The team will also seek partnerships with leading research laboratories engaged in the development of new technologies for cost-effective, grid independent Zero Energy Homes and next-generation PV materials. The research will engage three tribal institutions in North Dakota and seek the community?s inputs to understand how cultural factors translate to residential energy usage and efficiency. The team will work closely with representatives from these institutions to develop a set of specifications subject to energy usage and environmental constraints aligned with the community's cultural values. This will help ensure that techno-centric tools developed in the project are respectful and inclusive of the community's cultural, environmental and ethical dimensions.