SOLAR DECATHLON MIDDLE EAST 2018

DELIVERABLE #5
CONTENTS AND CRITERIA

VIA UJI - EVU

 Deliverable #5 – Contents and criteria

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Objectives ............................................................................................................................ 2

2 SDME Rules Compliance ..................................................................................................... 2

3 Scope ................................................................................................................................... 2

3.1 Project Drawings - PD#3 .............................................................................................. 3

3.2 Project Manual - PM#3 ................................................................................................ 3

3.3 Electric/PV and Batteries Chart and Checklists – PV#2 ............................................ 5

3.4 Press Kit ‐ PK#4 ............................................................................................................ 5

4 Document Formatting Requirements ................................................................................. 6

4.1 Project Drawings ......................................................................................................... 6

4.2 Project Manual ............................................................................................................. 6

5 Submission Instructions...................................................................................................... 7

5.1 Deliverable Submission Instructions ........................................................................... 7

5.2 Electronic Submission.................................................................................................. 7

5.3 Electronic File Requirements ....................................................................................... 7

6 Date for Deliverable #5 ....................................................................................................... 8

Appendix 1: Required Drawings ................................................................................................. 9

Appendix 2: Rules and Building Code Compliance Checklist ................................................... 12

Appendix 3: Contests’ and Special Awards Supportive Information ....................................... 13

Appendix 4: Simulation Input Report ...................................................................................... 15

Appendix 5: Project Management Plan & Team Officials ........................................................ 18

Appendix 6: Site Operation Plan .............................................................................................. 19

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1 Objectives

The Deliverable #5, is the Construction Documents’ phase deliverable, and its objectives are:
1. Present the information that define the construction of the houses and its assembly
process at the Solar Hai; showing the graphic representation of the work to be done
and including all necessary details and information of its systems, materials, and
equipment.
2. Show that the project is in line with the goals of the SDME.
3. Demonstrate that the project complies with the Competition's Rules and Building
Code.
4. Update and enhance the information presented in the Deliverable #4.

2 SDME Rules Compliance

All materials and documents submitted by the teams must comply with SDME 2018 Rules and
Building Code.
Content, text, and people in the technical and communication materials must comply with the
Rule 3-4 SDME Conduct and Dress Code.

3 Scope

The Deliverable #5 includes the Project Documentation #3, the Design Approval Documents
DA#1, the Simulation Input Report SIR#1, the Electric and PV Chart and Checklists PV#2, and
the Press Kit PK#4.

As in the previous deliverables, the project documentation shall be presented in two

documents: The Project Drawings and the Project Manual. The project documentation must
show the teams main concepts and design strategies and disclose to the organizers all non-
standard design features.

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The construction documents define the quantities and qualities of, and relationships among,
all materials required to construct, assemble and disassemble the houses. These documents
include all the building systems, product selection, and information necessary to guaranty the
project constructability. They must be complete and accurate enough to:

- Get a precise idea of the resources and materials needed.

- Generate a detailed cost estimate of the project.
- Facilitate the correct planning of the project construction.
- Construct and deliver the project as was conceived.

SDME Organization will not publish or share the Project Documentations submitted in this
deliverable. These drawings and documents are confidential.

3.1 Project Drawings - PD#3

The PD#3 includes the project construction documents. The SDME construction drawings
shall include all the necessary information that a typical contractor need to construct the
project. They also include the necessary information for the assembly and disassembly of the
houses in the solar village and to establish compliance with the SDME Rules and Code
compliance. Please, refer to Appendix 1 for more information about the required drawings.

3.2 Project Manual - PM#3

Many of the sections of the PM#3 just need to be updated, since they have been also part of
previous deliverables. However, additional sections are required for this phase of the project.
Please find the bellow outline content and structure of the project Manual #3.

1. Cover Sheet
2. Summary of Changes (No required in this Deliverable)
3. Table of Contents
4. Rules and Building Code Compliance Checklist (Refer to Appendix 2)
5. Contests’ and Special Awards Supportive Information (Refer to Appendix 3; Updated info
and new sections)
5.1. Architecture Concept and Design (Refer to Appendix 2.1)
5.2. Engineering and Construction Design Narrative (Refer to Appendix 2.2)

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5.3. Energy Efficiency Measures (Refer to Appendix 2.3)

5.4. Communications Strategy and Plan (Refer to Appendix 2.4)
5.5. Project Innovation (Refer to Appendix 2.5)
5.6. Sustainability (Refer to Appendix 2.6)
5.7. Innovative Solutions and Elements for the Special Award (Refer to Appendix 2.7)
5.8. Building Integrated Photovoltaics (Refer to Appendix 2.8)
5.9. Interior Concept and Design (Refer to Appendix 2.9)
6. Simulation Analysis and Discussion Reports (Refer to Appendix 4)

Teams must submit two simulation reports: Comprehensive House Performance Report and
Electrical Energy Balance Report.

7. Project Management (5 pages max.; Refer to Appendix 5)

7.1. Team Competition Strategy (Updated)
7.2. Project Schedule (Updated) including detailed assembly and disassembly tasks.
7.3. Cost Estimate (Updated)
7.4. Project Funding Plan (Updated)
8. Site Operations Report – Refer to Appendix 6
9. Health and Safety Plan (See H&S Rule in the SDME Portal)
10. Detailed Water budget
11. Dinner Party Menu (For the next Deliverable)
12. Contest Period Task Planning (For the next Deliverable)
13. Collaborating institutions and sponsoring companies
14. Team Officials (Updated; Refer to Appendix 5) – list of the team members shall be
updated in the SDME Portal)
15. Team Uniform Design (Updated)
Images or drawings of the Teams uniform design and logos placement. Refer to Rule 11.4 Teams
Uniforms.
16. Dissemination activities (Updated)
Summary of public outreach conducted in this period (2 pages max.) A selection of photos or images
might also be submitted, in separate high-resolution files.

17. Project Media Appearances (Updated)

Date Type1 Name of Publication or Web URL Remarks

1.

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Note: 1. Media types: TV, Radio, Newspaper, Magazines, Journal, and Web.

18. Construction Specification (For the next Deliverable)

3.3 Electric/PV and Batteries Chart and Checklists – PV#2

Teams must submit an updated version of the “Electric/PV and Batteries Chart and
Checklists”. This chart can be download from the SDME Teams Portal.

3.4 Press Kit ‐ PK#4

The Press Kit must be conceived as a communication tool. Its content, style of writing and
design must help achieve the communication purpose of this document. Teams must keep the
requested information updated from one deliverable to the next. The following elements will
be included in the Press Kit:

‐ Names and logos (Revised, if there are changes)

‐ Photo(s) of team members (Revised, if there are changes)
‐ Team mission statement (Revised, if there are changes)
‐ The Team and its goals (Revised, if there are changes)
‐ Current design renderings
‐ Team contact information (Revised, if there are changes)
‐ Web page URL, and social media links (Revised, if there are changes)

The content of the Teams’ Press Kit is public information. It might be shared through the
SDME 2018 website and social media, in addition to SDME communication efforts.
Confidential information and images must not be included in the Press Kit.

Names and logos: The team and the project may have the same or different names and logos.
Please, include the team´s name and logo, as well as the project's name and logo, if they are
different. The logo image must be included in the Press Kit document and submitted as
independent vector image file (ai or eps).

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Photo(s) of Team Members: An updated group photo of all the team members must be
included with each deliverable. The images included in the Press Kit document shall also be
submitted separately as high‐resolution files.

Team mission statement: A short paragraph explaining the team’s mission statement. This
section can be revised from one deliverable to another.

The Team and its goals: The team shall provide a 100‐word description of the team and its
goals. This section will be used by the organizers for outreach and it will be placed on the Solar
Decathlon Middle East website. The content of this section can be revised form one deliverable
to another.

Current design rendmeters: Four high‐resolution architectural renderings of the house: two
exterior views and two interior views.

Team contact information: The submitted information will appear on the SDME website with
the full name of the team contact person and his (her) email and phone number.

Web pages and social media links: Include the Team Web page URL, and its social media links
(Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Vimeo, Flicker, etc.)

4 Document Formatting Requirements

4.1 Project Drawings
ISO “A3” (297 mm X 420 mm) sheet size
Packaged into a single PDF file

4.2 Project Manual

ISO “A4” (210 mm X 297 mm) sheet size
Font minimum size: 10 pt.
Packaged into a single PDF file

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5 Submission Instructions
5.1 Deliverable Submission Instructions
Each team should follow the defined schedule in sending the deliverables in the stipulated
format at the specific due dates and following the guidelines of the SDME 2018 Organization.
Deliverables are considered on-time if they are received by the SDME 2018 Organization by
10:00 a.m. in Dubai (UTC/GMT +4 hours) on the respective due date. Deliverable #5 files must
be submitted electronically, via the internet.
In addition of the regular PDF files, scanned PDF copies of the signed and stamped structural
and electrical drawings and calculations must be also submitted, in compliance with the Rule
6‐1.
Teams that are not sending the deliverables on time, or not fulfilling with all the content
requirements, will be subject to penalties, refer to Rule 2‐8.
All the deliverables submitted are the property of the SDME 2018 Organization.

5.2 Electronic Submission

SDME will inform the Teams about how to upload the deliverable files. Teams wishing to
reduce file upload times may archive electronic files in ZIP files. Please verify that files in ZIP
files can be extracted using WinZip.

5.3 Electronic File Requirements

All electronic files (drawings, specifications, renderings, photographs, etc.) shall be submitted
as a PDF. Required photographs and images included in the PDF documents must also be
submitted separately as high-resolution files.

PDF files requirements

a). Embed all fonts.
b). Maintain a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
c). The different sections shall be indicated with bookmarks
d). Submitted as vector-based documents, not raster images for every page
Note: Creating a PDF from scans, or by outputting the drawings into a raster image format
(.jpg, .tiff, .png, .gif, etc.) and then creating a PDF from these images, is NOT ACCEPTABLE.

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Multimedia Requirements
a). Vector artworks must be submitted in their original file format (ai or esp).
b). Photographs shall be submitted in the native format of the camera, such as JPEG or RAW.
c). Color photographs must be in RGB, 8-bit color.
d). Files produced in pixels, as photographs and renderings, shall be submitted in high-
resolution images (minimum 1632 pixels in shortest dimension).
e). For multimedia files to be properly credited, the following information shall be included in
each file’s metadata or a text file accompanying the multimedia files:
- Name, e-mail and affiliation of the photographer or graphic creator
- Multimedia file editor’s name and affiliation.
- For photographs, please indicate the date and location, and identification of any
individuals visible.

File Naming Instructions

The required file-naming convention for all electronic files follows:
[TEAM’S ABBREVIATION] _ [DELIVERABLE ABBREVIATION] _ [FILE ABBREVIATION] _
[SUBMISSION DATE (YYYY-MM-DD)]. [EXTENSION]
Example 1: In the deliverable #5, the Team AAA will submit, the second Project Manual, on
October 10, 2017, would have the following file name:
AAA_D#5_PM#2_2017-10-10.mp4
Example 2: In the deliverable, the Team AAA will submit, a PDF file with the checklist, on
October 10, 2017, would have the following file name:
AAA_D#5_PV#1_2017-10-10.pdf
Example 3: In the deliverable #5, the Team AAA will submit, the photo number 3, on October
10, 2017, would have the following file name:
AAA_D#5_Photo03_2017-10-10.jpg

6 Date for Deliverable #5

The deliverable will be “on time” if they are received by the Competition Manager before 10:00
a.m. Dubai time (UTC/GMT +4 hours), Wednesday, February 14, 2018.

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Appendix 1: Required Drawings

0. GENERAL (GE)
GE-001 Cover sheet
GE-101 Sheet List
GE-201 General legend and notes
GE-301 Exterior Renderings

1. RULES COMPLIANCE (RU)

RU-001 Solar Envelope (Site Plan and Site Elevations, showing the Solar Envelope geometry)
RU-101 Measurable Area (Floor Plan(s), highlight the measurable area with a shade over the plan and indicate its area in m2)
RU-201 Architectural Footprint (Roof Plan(s), highlight the footprint area with a shade over the plan and indicate its area in m2)
RU-301 Rules compliance floor plan (indicating the spaces, appliances and equipment required by the rules)

2. ARCHITECTURAL (AR)
AR-001 Solar Hai Plan (Indicating the Team's lot)
AR-002 Site Plan (Including the exterior elements)
AR-011 Ground Floor Plan
AR-012 First Floor Plan (If any)
AR-021 Roof Plan
AR-101 Building Elevations
AR-201 Longitudinal Sections
AR-211 Transversal Sections
AR-301 Window Schedule and Details (Included thermal transmittance)
AR-311 Door Schedule and Details (Included thermal transmittance)
AR-321 Floor Construction Details (Included thermal transmittance)
AR-331 Roof Construction Details (Included thermal transmittance)
AR-341 Wall Sections and Construction Details (Included thermal transmittance)
AR-351 Partitions Details (Included thermal transmittance)
AR-401 Terraces, ramps, stairs and railing drawings and details.

3. BIOCLIMATIC ANALYSIS (BA)

BA-001 Local Climate Analysis (Identify appropriates passive strategies)
BA-011 Bioclimatic Drawings (Drawings and brief explanations of passive and hybrid design strategies for each season)

4. INTERIORS (IN)
IN-001 Floor plan
IN-101 Reflected ceiling
IN-201 Interior Elevations
IN-301 Furnishings and furniture details (if designed by the team)
IN-401 Kitchen Plan (Furniture and Appliances)
IN-411 Kitchen Elevations (Furniture, Appliances and Details)
IN-501 Bathroom plan (including tables of Fixtures and Accessories)
IN-511 Bathroom elevations and details (Fixtures and Accessories)
IN-601 Interior Renderings

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5. STRUCTURAL (ST)
ST-001 Foundation Plan and Details
ST-011 Structural Floor Plan(s)
ST-021 Structural Roof Plan
ST-101 Structural Sections
ST-201 Structural Blow ups
ST-301 Structural Details (including railings, solar systems support structure and any site or free-standing element)

7. PLUMBING (PL)
PL-001 Plumbing Plan-Supply and removal (including the legend)
PL-011 Roof plan (indicating vents and solar thermal system - if apply)
PL-101 Tanks (deposits) floor plan (indicating the tanks location and points of water filling and emptying)
PL-111 Tanks (deposits) details
PL-201 Supply (cold and hot water), isometric and details
PL-211 Grey Water system, isometric and details (including treatment and filtering systems)
PL-221 Drain / Waste / Vents, isometric and details

8. SOLAR WATER HEATING (SW)

SW-001 Solar thermal info and details

9. MECHANICAL (ME)
ME-001 HVAC distribution Plan (including the legend)
ME-011 HVAC equipment and details
ME-101 Mechanical room plan and interior elevations
ME-231 Control and automatization systems

10. ELECTRICAL (EL)

EL-001 Grid interconnection (For the next deliverable)
EL-101 Power plan (including the legend)
EL-201 Lighting plan (including the legend)
EL-301 One-line Diagram
EL-401 Electrical panels / Circuit layouts / Grounding

11. PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM (PV)

PV-001 Photovoltaic system: Roof plan
PV-011 Photovoltaic system: House Elevations
PV-101 Photovoltaic system: General (including information about PV, controllers, inverters, batteries, wiring, protections ...)
PV-201 Photovoltaic system: DC circuits
PV-211 Photovoltaic system: AC circuits
PV-221 Photovoltaic system: grounding system

12. TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND BUILDING AUTOMATIZATION SYSTEM (BAS)

BAS-001 Description and features
BAS-101 Wiring plan
BAS-201 Schematic diagram and interfaces
BAS-301 Equipment

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13. SDME INSTRUMENTATION DRAWINGS (ID)

ID-001 General Monitoring: Floor Plan
ID-002 Monitoring panel room
ID-003 Electricity meters topology
ID-004 Electricity meters connection
ID-005 House appliances

14. SITE OPERATION (SO)

SO-001 Outside Logistic. Solar Hai (for the next deliverable)
SO-101 Inside Logistic (see note 6)
SO-201 Assembly / Disassembly (see note 7)

15. HEALTH AND SAFETY (HS) (See H&S Rule in the SDME Portal)
HS-001 Health and Safety Drawings

16. PUBLIC TOUR (PT)

PT-001 Site accessibility
PT-101 House tour floor plan
PT-201 House Tour General Information

Notes
1. Add pages as needed. (Only change the third digit of the page ID, e.g. AR-021 Ground Floor Plan & AR-022 Second Floor Plan)
2. In floor plans, indicate the finish floor levels and clearly indicate any change of level.
3. The north shall be indicated on all site, floor and roof plans.
4. The scale of the drawings will be selected considering the real size of the object, the level of detail that is required, and the size of
the pages (A3). Suggested scales for drawings:
- Site Plans (1:100)
- Floor Plans, Elevations, and Sections (1:50)
- Site Plan and Elevations for the Solar Envelope (1:200 or 1:100)
- Footprint and Measurable Area plans (1:100)
5. Graphic scales must be included in all scaled drawings.
6. Inside logistic: detailed process of approximation of transport vehicles, up to their arrival at the lot. These drawings shall include
the type and number of vehicles, order of entry, dimensions and load per axle of each vehicle, turn ratios, characteristics and
dimensions of the load to be transported (with the weight of all the elements), way to proceed with the unloading, etc. The lot,
accesses, loading and unloading area, elements and materials stock area and footprint of the house.
7. Assembly/ disassembly: Plan for the assembly and disassembly. It will include graphics with the assembly and disassembly phases,
work units, persons that will take part, necessary machinery, auxiliary resources, necessary timing, etc.
8. There are three main drawings that are required for the public tour. The first is PT-001 site accessibility where the pathway for
public to access the house should be shown taking to account the public area in the solar hai where the pedestrians are and the
walkable area in the team’s lot (tour route outside the house). The other is PT-101 house tour floor plan. This documents should
include the tour’s route (inside the house) where the ramp information, changes in elevation, spaces between furniture, width of the
door, gates, and corridors and any other aspect related to the accessibility. PT – 201 house tour general information indicates where
the teams’ stopping points will be for explanation.

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Appendix 2: Rules and Building Code Compliance Checklist

Teams must fill in each of the aspects required, specifying the drawing or section where included.
No. Rule Requirement Drawing(s)/Report(s)
3-2 Team Officers List of Team Officers and their Contact Information
4-4 Footings Drawing(s) of the low impact footing system
4-13 Electrical Vehicles Drawing showing the parking area for the electrical vehicle
Dimensioned drawing(s) showing the location of all house
5-1 Solar Envelope and site components and their realtion with the solar
envelope
Dimensioned drawing(s) showing Architectural Footing
6-2 Architectural Footprint
compliance
Dimensioned drawing(s) showing Measurable Area
6-2 Measurable Area
compliance
Drawing(s) showing the accessible public tour route,
6-3 Entrance and Exit Routes specifying the entrance and exit of the house to a street of
Dubai Solar Hai.
6-4 Minimum requirements Drawings showing the workstation location
PV modules, inverters and interface protection equipment
7-3 PV Equipment Eligibility are included in the DEWA-Shams Dubai List of eligible
equipment or the information for the evaluation is supplied.
Drawings showings the AC side maximum power level of the
7‐5 Inverters
grid‐tied solar power inverter(s).
Drawings showing the energy storage capacity of the, as per
7‐6 Batteries
the manufacturer specifications.
Drawing(s) describing the operation of the desiccant system
7‐9 Desiccant Systems
and corresponding specifications
Containers and their Drawing(s) showing the location of all the water tanks and
8‐1
location their capacity.
8‐5 Grey Water Specifications for greywater reuse systems
Drawing(s) showing the artwork, content, and design of the
11-4 Team Uniforms
team uniform
Drawing(s) showing the public tour route, indicating the
12-4 Public Tour dimensions of any narrow area in the route, complying with
the accessibility requirements
House Functioning - Drawing(s) showing the clothes drying method and the
Contest 5
Drying Method place where the clothes will be dried.
House Functioning -
Contest 5 Drawing showing the location of the appliances
Appliances

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Appendix 3: Contests’ and Special Awards Supportive

Information

2.1. Architecture Concept and Design (4 pages - including figures)

- Explain the main architectural concept and design intentions; spatial experience and transitions: the
project architectural attributes; how the house's design responds to the Middle East context; how the
natural and artificial lighting complement the house architectural concept and enhance the occupant
comfort; and, how the technologies are integrated.
- Highlight innovative spatial and architectonical solutions.
- Refer to the Contest 1: Architecture.

2.2. Engineering and Construction Design Narrative (4 pages - including figures)

- Explain and justify the construction, structural, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, solar, controls and
automatization systems.
- Include the house energy strategy including estimate production, consumption, energy demand, and
storage if it applies.
- Highlight unique and innovative solutions or strategies.
- Refer to Contest 2: Engineering and construction.

2.3. Energy Efficiency Measures (4 pages - including figures)

- Explain the project’s energy efficiency strategies and their effect on the house energy consumption.
- Include information about the house's envelope, passive design strategies, selection of active systems
and appliances, energy management solution and building performance energy simulations.
- Highlight unique and innovative solutions, materials and equipment.
- Refer to Contest 4: Energy Efficiency.

2.4. Communications Strategy and Plan (4 pages - including figures)

- Explain the team communication strategy, plan, tasks and results.
- Include information about the team efforts on education and social awareness, their impact in digital
and traditional media, and communication plan for the house exhibition and tour.
- Highlight the creative ideas and the successfulness on reaching and engaging the target audience.
- Refer to Contest 9: Communication.

2.5. Project Innovation (4 pages - including figures)

- Explain the team idea of the innovation and why its project must be considered as an innovative one.
- Include information about the innovation in following five areas: Architecture, Engineering, Energy
Efficiency, Communication, and Sustainability.
- Highlight the novel, creative, unique solutions, systems, and materials, in particular, those developed
by the students or with their collaboration.

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- Refer to Contest 10: Innovation.

2.6. Sustainability (4 pages - including figures)

- Explain the main sustainability concepts and how they are implemented in the project.
- Include information, and justification, of the selection of the construction system, materials, passive
design strategies, active system, appliances, solar systems and vegetation. Additionally, include the
solutions for the reduction of energy and water consumption, as well as the reduction and management
of the waste.
- Highlight unique and innovative solutions to get a more sustainable project, and the use of recycled
and recyclable materials.
- Refer to Contest 8: Sustainability.

2.7. Innovative Solutions and Elements (4 pages - including figures)

- As it is explained in the SDME 2018 Request for Proposal, there will be special prizes for innovative
solutions. Include and explain, in this section, innovative solutions that have the potential to evolve into
business products.
- Only solutions that have been developed by the team members, or with the collaboration of them, shall
be included in this section.
- Innovative solutions can be - but not limited to - materials, systems, devices, software, etc.-

2.7. Building Integrated Photovoltaics (4 pages - including figures)

- Explain how the Photovoltaics system is integrated into the house architecture.
- Include information and justification about the PV technologies used, the ways in as well the PV
systems are integrated and the additional benefits of the PV integration into the house.
- Highlight the BIPV creative, unique solutions, in particular, those developed by the students or with
the student collaboration.

4.8. Interior Concept and Design (4 pages - including figures)

- Explain the interior design concept and how it reinforces or complements the architectural concept.
- Include ideas about the interior spaces design, finishing, colors, daylight and artificial lighting as well as
intentions and effects on experiences of the occupants.
- Highlight innovative spatial and elements designed by the students or with their collaboration.

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Appendix 4: Simulation Input Report

Comprehensive House Performance Report

1. Introduction

a) Energy analysis objectives and methodology

b) Climate Data and Weather Analysis

c) Team Energy Efficiency Measures (EEM)

2. Brief House and System’s Description

a) Description of the house envelope including its thermal and optics characteristics.

b) Passive design strategies including project geometric, shading devices, orientation of the spaces, buffer zones,
and any other strategy that could contribute to the house energy efficiency.

3. House and HVAC Simulations Inputs

a) Brief simulation descriptions and tools used (capabilities and limitations).

b) Housing unit modeling assumptions including internal gains, occupancy behavior patterns, ventilation and
comfortable temperature.

c) HVAC systems

d) Housing unit energy loads

4. House performance annual simulation

a) Passive analysis: Simulation of house performance using only ventilation (without AC), to determining the
thermal requirements and the predicted indoor temperatures and cooling loads using only passive strategies.
Results and Discussions.

b) Active analysis: Simulation of the house performance with HVAC equipment, to determining the predicting AC
energy demand (Tint ≤ 24 ⁰C). Results and Discussions.

5. House performance during the contests period (For the next deliverable)

a) Passive analysis (Daily results / general results)

b) Active analysis (Daily results / general results)

6. Conclusions

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Electrical Energy Balance Report

A report about the electrical energy balance of the household for the typical generation and consumption
conditions. It must include at least the following aspects :

1. Introduction

Description of the methodology for the estimate of the electrical production and the environmental benefits.

2. List of the electric loads (household appliances, lights, etc.) used in the household

Includes the main technical characteristics given by the manufacturer, and the estimated consumption for their
use during the Contest Week.

3. Photovoltaic system description

Necessary information about the PV system (types of modules and wiring), inverter(s), batteries, etc.

4. Description of the tools used for the simulations.

These could be commercial software or tools created by participating teams, in which case the algorithms used
must be included.

5. Simulations

a) Annual energy simulation - monthly and annual report

b) Contests period energy simulation - daily and general results (For the next deliverable)

6. Results and discussion

a) Standard PV system

b) BIPV systems

c) Energy Balance

7. Energy Payback analysis

a) Standard PV system

b) BIPV systems

8. Conclusions

Notes :

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1. There are no restrictions on the simulation tools that can be used for this analysis, but all such tools should be identified.

2. The simulations will be done on an hourly base.

3. For the simulations, the weather file furnished by the SDME Organization shall be used.

4. The results shall be presented both in numeric and graphical forms.

5. For the environmental indicators of PV refer to the report IEA-PVPS-T10-01:2006 that is available on the website of the
International Energy Agency – Photovoltaic Systems Programme - Task 10 – www.iea-pvps.org.

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Appendix 5: Project Management Plan & Team Officials

2.9. Project Management Plan

The team shall provide a project management plan that outlines the team’s structure, team strategy, and
approach to the competition, general work schedule, course integration, and fundraising and sponsorship
schedules. The project plan is limited to five (5) pages.

2.10. List of Team Officials

Title Student? First name Last name Phone number Email
Faculty Advisor +(XXX) XXXXXXX
Project Manager
Student Team Leader
Communications Coordinator
Sponsorship Manager
Project Architect
Project Engineer
Structural Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Health & Safety Coordinator
Site Operations Coordinator
Contest Captain
Instrumentation Contact
Note: Refer to the Rule 3.2 for more details about the Teams Officials, only include the positions that are covered.

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Appendix 6: Site Operation Plan

1. Introduction
The objective of the Site Operations Plan (SOP) is to ensure that the competition deadlines will be met, providing
a realistic, logic and safe procedures and schedules for both, assembly and disassembly of the houses. In the
developing of their SOP, the teams must take into account all of the activities, resources, needs to assemble and
disassemble their houses as well as the inspections and competition deadlines.

The SDME organization will develop the General Site Operations Plan of Dubai Solar Hai; based on the
information sent by each of the teams.

2. Content & Structure

The plan includes two main sections: Site Operations Report (to be included in the Project Manual) and Site
Operations Drawings (to be included in the Project Drawings).

3. Site Operations Report

Teams must present the information in a concise and clear way, including only the information that can be useful
for the team meet the competition deadlines in a safety way. Below is the report structure (grey section
recommended but not mandatory for this deliverable):

1. Introduction Brief description of the aim and general information.

2. Site Operations Coordinators
3. Logistics outside of the Solar Hai
3.1 Trucks route
3.2 Trucks specifications and shipments
4. Logistics in the Solar Hai
4.1 Assembly and disassembly working teams
4.2 Assembly and Disassembly phases
4.3 Phases description
4.4 Waste management
5. Assembly / Disassembly schedules
6. Site Operations and Inspections: Summary of planning
7. Site Operation charts
Names, Emails and phone numbers of the Site Operations Coordinators
Map and brief description of the trucks route.
This part must include for each truck the type of vehicle, order of entry,
dimensions, load per axle of each vehicle, turn ratios, specifications of
the load to be transported (including dimensions and weights of all the
elements) and machinery use for unloading.
Define the assembly and disassembly working teams, include the
coordinator (one per team working team), the team composition, and
the tasks of each team.
Identify and define the phases of the assemble and disassembly
processes.
For each phase, it must include the working teams and the necessary
machinery.
Description of the team waste management strategy.
Schedules of all assembly and disassembly phases and tasks. Must
include the cranes usage, and the trucks moving in and out of the site.
See section 3.1 of this appendix
(They will be available in the SDME Portal)

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3.1. Site Operations and Inspections: Summary of planning

Assembly Phase: Summary of planning
Description Duration in days Date or Start Date End Date
1 Start of the assembly (Milestone)
2 Use of the crane
3 Trucks (trailers) unloading
4 House’s footing
5 Footing Inspection (Milestone)
6 Placement of floor(s) and walls (or 3d Modules)
7 House-footings connections inspection (Milestone)
8 Roof assembly and finishing
9 House structure inspection (Milestone)
10 Electrical works (AC)
11 Electrical inspection AC (Milestone)
12 PV system and batteries
13 Electrical inspection DC (Milestone)
14 Electrical final inspection (Milestone)
15 Water tank(s) installation
16 Water tank(s) ready to be filled (Milestone)
17 Solar thermal (if apply)
18 Solar thermal systems inspection (Milestone)
19 PV and solar thermal structure inspection (Milestone)
20 AC and other mechanical systems
21 Mechanical systems inspection (Milestone)
22 Kitchen, laundry and bathroom
23 Plumbing (cold & hot water, gray water...)
24 Plumbing inspection (Milestone)
25 Glazing doors and windows
26 Interior floor finishing
27 Ready for SDME instrumentation (Milestone)
28 Walls and ceiling finishing
29 Finishing materials fire inspection (Milestone)
30 Decks, terraces, ramps & stairs
31 Exterior elements – structural inspection (Milestone)
32 Gardens, green walls, green roof and landscaping
33 Accessibility inspection (Milestone)
34 Public exhibit material (explanation panels, mock ups...)
35 Public exhibition inspection (Milestone)
36 Safety in use inspections (Milestone)
37 House and site clean-up
38 Final fire safety inspection
39 House and Site Clean-Up inspection
40 End of the house and site assembly (Milestone)

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Disassembly Phase: Summary of planning

Description Duration in days Date or Start Date End Date
1 Start of the disassembly (Milestone)
2 Use of the crane
3 Trucks (trailers) loading
4 SDME instrumentation removal (Milestone)
5 Decks, terraces, ramps & stairs
6 Water removal (Milestone)
7 Roof and solar systems
8 Interior (appliances, equipment, furniture)
9 House walls and floors (or 3D modules)
10 House footings
11 Site clean-up
12 End of the house and site assembly (Milestone)

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