SCC-Planning: ZER0H: Zero Energy Ready Homes

由于传统电气化带来的经济和环境障碍，估计有12亿人用不上电。该项目汇集了电气工程师，建筑师，社区规划师和艺术家，设想开发一套低成本，无毒，离网的未来家庭能源输送系统的工具和技术。该研究将整合被动式住宅设计的概念，以开发一种主要的直流能量输送系统（与目前主要的交流系统不同），同时使用下一代低成本，高效率，地球丰富的材料集成光伏（PV）和储能系统。如果成功的话，这个概念可以帮助支持在没有输电的社区设计更便宜的离网住宅系统，提高现有离网微电网在自然灾害或系统灾害后的生存能力，并让来自达科他州的美洲原住民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自然资源保护主义理想产生深刻的共鸣。是制定一个研究包，集成被动房设计，下一代光伏材料，和新颖的电力电子接口的零能源准备家庭适合离网部署，特别强调在北达科他州的美洲原住民社区。该项目的中心研究概念是开发文化信息，零能耗准备系统，将传统的电气工程学术研究与建筑相结合-特别是使用被动式住宅设计原则，以及景观建筑与环境和土地使用问题通过社区参与与三个部落机构提供。与目前主要使用的交流系统不同，该项目将尝试开发一种主要的直流输电系统，该系统使用下一代低成本、高效率的光伏材料（Cu-Zn-Sn-S）、先进的耐恶劣气候电池（能够在低温下运行）、多电平直流转换系统和必要的系统集成，包括控制和保护元件，同时遵循建筑和环境设计限制。三管齐下的研究计划将涉及：1）使用被动式房屋设计原则的能量最小化，2）设计具有光伏集成和存储的初级直流架构，以及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建立合作伙伴关系，这些实验室致力于开发具有成本效益的、独立于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？的投入，以了解文化因素如何转化为住宅能源使用和效率。该小组将与这些机构的代表密切合作，制定一套符合社区文化价值观的能源使用和环境限制的规格。这将有助于确保项目中开发的以技术为中心的工具尊重和包容社区的文化、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.