House mattress: the sun, plus electronics

The concept of CHIP House (Compact Hyper-Insulated Prototype, «compact hyper-isolated prototype) took sixth place at the festival in the Solar Decathlon last year, and now he can look into each visitor California Science Center (CSC). Enjoy what there is: in addition to more than a decent interior, the house has full autonomy from the central power. Solar panels and a set of energy-efficient solutions and technologies allow it to even create a surplus of electricity that can be sold "on the side." For example, excessive heat, which removes from the room air conditioner goes to water heating. Artfully placed windows allow you to dispense with artificial light in all rooms, and almost the whole day.

A sound system of ventilation provides a rapid exchange of air between all the rooms with minimal interference from the outside. All movements of people in the house are controlled by built-in motion sensors, as well as the input system game console Xbox Kinect, thanks to which management systems can be carried out without the help of the buttons, just hand movements - for example, include the same light or air conditioning. A large part of the system works completely automatically. For example, when the media system begins to play a movie, the windows are blacked out on their own. And when the owner to sit in a favorite chair, the house itself will include music (or anything else, depending on configuration). In the morning light will be made gradually, making it more natural to wake up. However, the most conspicuous part CHIP House - is certainly a thick insulating layer which covers the whole house and makes him look like a mattress. This is done in order to keep the temperature inside the most independent of external conditions and reduce energy consumption for air conditioning - in fact it takes most of the energy in the modern home.