Chip House - The house automatically uses solar energy

CHIP House - 'Super-compact house model' - with the original purpose of creating a network of homes that do not need to use energy (such as houses without energy from the side) outside), and it seems that the designer has achieved more than expected . The home produces three times as much energy as the energy needed to consume, thanks to the use of solar panels and an energy-efficient processor.

The heat generated by the air conditioner is used to create hot water, natural light can almost be used for most of the day and the whole house and ventilation system are designed to have the temperature available. adjusted as quickly as possible with minimum energy usage. The most unique feature of CHIP House is that it is possible to isolate an area of ​​up to 750 square meters, making it just like a castle and still able to keep the temperature inside the house.

The super-energy-saving design can make the home self-powered, but the unity of controlling the movements and smart features makes CHIP House far ahead of other green houses and almost Become the 'home of the future' . An Xbox Kinect connection system allows all members of the house to be inspected, allowing them to turn devices on and off as well as turn off lights in the room. Kinect also controls the members' locations so that they can turn off the lights when they leave and move to another room.

The house includes other automatic features such as closing the glass doors at the start of the movie or starting to warm up, automatically closing the curtains every time you sit in a certain chair and automatically turn on the light when it is morning to The scene is closer to nature. Even the house is equipped with a smartphone so you can adjust the air conditioner as well as the remote bulb with the virtual management program.

This project is the result of more than two years of research by more than 100 students and the collaboration between Caltech and SCI-Arc. The house consumes more than 1 million USD to develop but the mass production cost of only 300,000 USD CHIP House was officially launched in June in 2011 at Solar Decathlon fair and officially opened for sightseeing. around May 31, 2012 at the California Science Research Center.