TECHNICAL PROPOSAL Introduction Paragraph Overview, to be written last Must mention acknowledgement of pursuit-BIPV housing that can hold

energy costs at $0.10 KwH TECHNICAL INNOVATION AND DESIGN The 2009 design schemes are the result of four areas of design exploration: tactile, observational, experimental, and social. This process is designed intended to result in a scheme for a specific client or function, synthesizes the existing, the possible, the practical, and the contextually appropriate. The tactile exercises explore the process of making and confront the reality that energy is not an issue of just inhabitance but also of making as a structure holds embodied energy in its materials. The observational considers what exists and what is emerging, notably through RISDs role as official Department of Energy Observers at the 2007 Solar Decathlon. The experimental posits possible design solutions given the constraints of space, energy, materials, technologies, transportation, conditions, and needs. The social evolution takes the solutions created in the experimental phase and utilizes the clients specific needs to define the versatility of the spaces. The three offered design schemes from the experimental phase explore mobility, versatility, and minimal carbon footprint. The final house concept will consider all three features with the goal to meetof meeting the needs of the client. The first studio exploration was about transportability and mobility of the 2009 house. Mobility is explored through problems relating to balance and motion as well as to light and space. In the 15th century, Filippo Brunelleschi was able to raise stones weighing several tons, many feet without one ounce of fossil fuel or flame of combustion. We could say that this kind of ingenuity, an understanding of the potential of weights and measures to leverage a single source beyond its capacity, has been forgotten. Our addiction to fuel that we thought was limitless and the use of which would be without consequence, has allowed architects to leave behind the choreography of materials on a site. We are looking at this subject anew to devise means to build as a small collective without an outside source of power. Structure plays a critical and unconventional role. Resisting gravity is easy at the scale of the pavilion but one must stabilize fixed parts in movement. Given that energy is consumed used while building, making becomes as important as inhabiting an off-line house. By accessing the ingenuity of the mind, the pavilion can be produced by hand, without powered machines. Questions that are being addressed this semester include: what is the lightest house possible?; what can a group of students do without heavy machinery?; how does one build without energy sources? These were topics that architects used to talk about. Brunelleschi understood the displacement of mass. The counter balance and the ratchet allowed for momentary stoppages in order to lower and locate stone. Working in pairs, our students have already designed and built an enclosure that sheltered one of the team members bodies. The total weight of the enclosure did not exceed the weight of the selected members body. The objective of enclosure was to explore mass or minimal weight, mobility or the ability to be packed-up, joinery or assembly and disassembly. The students are thinking of the construction of the house as

choreography the raising and lowering of pieces in relation to the other and developing multiple moments of contact that can assist in the staging. Our goal is to design and build a lightweight building system that can be easily handled and transported. The exploration of the concept of versatility speaks to social concerns and the desire to build a project that can be used for any number of situations relief shelter, urban infill, low-income housing and research pavilion. The problem is reaching out to the community to identify a client: what is the new urban ecology of Rhode Island? Distributed on-site power generation and water management create a new paradigm for infrastructure. This technology provides the possibility to reimagine the city as a mosaic of dispersed energy sources, which replaces the trunk and branch of large scale, centralized (dirty) energy power plants. A house becomes a part of a cluster of organisms instead of objects tied to a conduit. We will be exploring the implication of the single unit and its aggregate for the city of Providence and its environs. Currently, we are working with the Portsmouth Abbey School in Portsmouth, Rhode Island to develop the 2009 house into multiple units of faculty housing. Expanding on the notion of a dispersed mechanical core first explored in 2005 with the utilization of heliotropic louvers that managed thermal gain, and phase change materials for storage and transfer of heat, the advances in BIPV enable the application of solar capture beyond the traditional roof panels. The team plans to explore various methods of photovoltaic application from high performance dynamic skins, and thin-film solar cell glazing. The RISD Brown team is working with the advisory board to develop a next evolutionnew generation of high performance skin which further evolves the notion of a dynamic shell by extracting the centralized elements of the traditional mechanical core into a series of structural components working in harmony to control the flow of capture, create, store, distribute, and dissipate the energy required by the dwelling and afforded by its environment. Specifically, the skin will be engineered to provide: thermal energy collection (evacuated tube collectors), light energy collection (for natural lighting and electrical energy via building integrated photovoltaic), air to air heat exchange to reduce heating and cooling loads, and, thermal barrier to maintain interior comfort. Changing daily and seasonal conditions will require the skin to adapt to optimize the energy flow. During the spring 2008 semester the team will determine the mix of components necessary to gain the desired functionality. A host of sensor data (temperature, humidity, DC current, AC current, battery charge, solar intensity, occupancy, wind speed and direction, and etcetera), performance history, predicted user demand, and weather forecast data will be used to prioritize and sequence the energy flow through the various subsystems of the dwelling. Our goal will be to balance the quality of the user experience with the efficient usage of the available energy. Excess thermal energy will either be stored in phase change material or converted

into electrical energy via a stirling engine or low boiling point turbine connected to a generator set. Excess electrical energy will be stored in either house or vehicle batteries. The choreography analogy is apt for the operation of the house as well as its construction. We seek the harmonious interaction of occupants and energy as each move through the space. The control system will adaptively regulate the energy movement to best meet the needs of the users. An efficient and innovative energy scheme is not the only performance criterion that will be incorporated into the design of the house. A detailed study of the play of light and the conservation of resources are also integral components of the design. We are pursuing a concentrated exploration of the aesthetic potential of the earths movement in relation to the sun in order to exploit the properties of the different suns wavelengths: to light a surface, to provide warmth, and to animate and transform space with specific consideration to our geographic location and conditions in Rhode Island. Material availability (regional), transfiguration (recyclables), durability and lifespan, toxicity, and energy content, figure prominently in this study. The students are also examining changing architectural attitudes towards energy and comfort, energy usage over time and between places, closed and open systems and inputs/outputs. Water management is also considered as a design criteria for the exterior surfaces of the building. Watersheds, white, brown and grey water, roofs, runoff, waste and landscape as modifier are being incorporated into the schemes for the first time. The 2005 Decathlon house will soon be erected on the shore of Narraganset Bay on the property of the Portsmouth Abbey School. Portsmouth Abbey is a private co-educational secondary school with cutting edge alternative energy faciltiies, most notably the on campus wind turbine that generates from than half of the schools energy needs. The 2009 Decathlon house is conceived as faculty housing for Portsmouth Abbey and geographic conditions are integral design considerations. The Google earth image to the left indicates the planned 2009 house location. With this consideration, the fall architecture studio generated three housing schemes as follows:

Scheme 1. This concept develops out of a construction system using a hierarchy of ribbed members and an applied skin. The skinned ribbed system functions on a multitude of levels. Firstly, it is used for the collection, transportation, and distribution of thermal heat, which is the sole source of electricity for the house. The skin can be divided into two categories: transmitting (i.e. glazing) and absorbing (phase change). The skin panels are standardized and can be replaced at will. The ribs are used primarily for organization and distribution: distribution of light, air, space, traffic, and as already mentioned thermal energy. Able to be broken down into a kit of parts, house 1 has the potential to break down into a very compact

package, shipped, and assembled expediently. This scheme will present solutions for assembly but more importantly will present a system has the capacity to be altered and expanded at will (into smaller emergency units, larger units, town houses, duplexes, etc.). INSERT IMAGE Scheme 2. The Exhibition House, is conceived as a central core with four independent faces, each displaying an event within the house. The North, East, South and West facades are dedicated to representing the four events of the house, respectively: Sanitation, Food Preparation, Dining/Entertaining, and Sleeping. The four events of the core are united by a set of stairs accessing the roof and small private patio. The core relies on density to direct views: the mechanics of the house are exposed but always obscured by the primary events of the house. The visitor route will give views of each exhibit face of the house. Condensing the mechanics of the house to an intensive core allows this component to be deployed fullyassembled. The enclosure of the house can then be composed of light-weight panels and space frames to be assembled on-site. The panelized system will allow more options for cladding in the future. For the decathlon, the walls will be refrigeration industry panels and the ceiling will be a fabric membrane stretched over the space frame holding aero-gel insulation. The use of fabrics will begin to soften the severity of a modular construction and it will also serve as a backdrop for the intensive core. When the walls are required to perform specific tasks, calibrated screens are set on tracks in front of the walls. These screens can modulate light in the east and west walls, views into and through the core, and can be used for active and passive radiant heating. INSERT IMAGE Scheme 3. The modules that make up House 3, the courtyard house, encircle the inner courtyard and forms a spiral movement, or circulation, throughout the house. Through these series of spaces the occupant experiences transitioning from the private to the public spaces. The boundary of private and public in the spatial arrangements is blurred through the existing inner courtyard, which brings the outside inside. The spaces within the house are divided by slits of openings in the walls. These slits are distinctive cracks that occur in the flexible wall system. The vertically oriented cladding of the buildings skin is a complex and flexible system that controls the temperature and lighting components in the house. Sunlight shines through distinctive cracks in the flexible wall system, as if the skin is peeling off, bringing in the exterior aura to the interior. Depending on the location of the cracks and its size, the crack introduces a new garden space to connect the programs in and out. In all, our house is twofold, where dialogues between inside and outside and natural and mechanical come to play. In order to mediate these dualities, the courtyard exists. A courtyard situated within a building not only brings light in to the house and allows for spatial extension, but also blurs the function of the space. This indistinct space introduces a new architectural program that coexists as a garden. A courtyard encloses the outside space inward, whereas, a garden extends the space outward. The existing court space helps the single unit start multiplying and adjoining to aggregate and make a larger communal courtyard from the private. INSERT IMAGE Through our wintersession term and spring semester, one housing scheme will

emerge with refinement informed by design influences, energy systems, client and advisory board input. Please refer to Appendix A for a listing of winter and spring courses that will influence this next phase of development. FUNDRAISING AND TEAM SUPPORT Solar Decathlon Team Rhode Island The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and Brown University collaboration represents a union of the states most premiere educational institutions. This union will be augmented by involvement at the student and faculty level from additional academic institutions in the region. As this broader collaboration encompasses the majority of the state of Rhode Islands academic brain trust, the management team is able to engage various forms of state support and other unique resources. In 2005 the RISD team received over $70,000 in support from the RI Renewable Energy Fund. Management Team-Finance and Operations The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)-Brown University (BROWN) 2009 Solar Decathlon projects funding and operations will be led by RISDs Center for Design and Business (CDB) with additional support from RISDs Office of Institutional Advancement and Browns Office of the Vice President of Research. The CDB, founded in 1997, manages all RISD external relationships. The CDB will integrate the academic efforts of both RISD and Brown with the guidance of the industry advisory board. The CDB will also bring in other academic institutions and industry partners as needed in the development cycle. The center is staffed by professionals knowledgeable in both design and business with extensive experience raising capital and managing large-scale, multi-year projects. Cost Estimates The full cost associated with this project is expected to exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000+) with direct material and construction costs of about three hundred thousand dollars (~$300,000). The team plans to cover these costs through a combination of in kind donations, corporate and individual donations and foundation grants. RISD participated in the 2005 decathlon and many supporters of that project remain engaged in the schools institution wide efforts in alternative energy and sustainability. Sources and uses of cash funds are offered below. In Kind Equipment and Material Donations The team has secured some in kind donations notably from Viessmann, American Power Conversion, and Taco. The target estimated value of in kind support is between $150k-$200k. In 2005 the team secured $140k of in kind support and materials. Fundraising Plan The CDB is in dialogue with major corporations that total a financial ask of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), individuals with a total financial ask of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), and the team has grant applications in process that total one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). The formation of the advisory board, a consortium of major corporations, will provide the predominance of the corporate based financing. Brown Universitys involvement and resources are expected to

dramatically increase the funding resources.

2009 Sources and Uses of Funds (Cash) Sources (cash) DOE Individual Donors Corporate Donations Foundation RISD (including research foundation) Total $ $ $ $ $ $ Target 100,000 50,000 150,000 100,000 50,000 450,000 Target $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 135,000 30,000 60,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 75,000 450,000 2005 Benchm ark $ $ $ $ $ $ 5,000 63,000 20,000 72,000 131,000 291,000

Uses (cash) Housing Costs Construction Manager Student Labor Transportation (housing) Misc (tools, student travel, etc) Documentation and Promotion Overhead, Managemen, Fundraising Total

2005 Benchm ark $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 107,000 60,000 69,000 15,000 10,000 30,000 291,000

Additional Housing costs covered by in kind donations are expected at $150k-$200k of which a portion is now secured. In 2005, the team secured over $125k of in kind materials and support

Advisory Board The RISD-Brown team is assembling an advisory board from leading companies for open collaborative learning. The team is currently in dialogue targeting the following institutions: American Power Conversion, Gilbane Design and Construction, Taco, and GE Renewable Energy Existing Equipment and Facilities Both RISD and Brown have shop and lab facilities with capabilities for model making and small-scale construction projects key to the planning phases of development. In addition RISD retained the construction tools purchased for the 2005 decathlon. CURRICULUM INTEGRATION AND SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) have committed to enter the 2009 Solar Decathlon competition bringing together Browns Division of Engineering and RISDs School of Design and School of Fine Arts. Collectively this offers the disciplines of architecture, interior architecture, civil and electrical engineering, material science, environmental science, liberal arts, industrial design, and other disciplines in the fields of design and the fine arts. Affiliated for decades, Brown and RISD share courses, collaborative faculty research, and recently announced a joint undergraduate degree. To this effort Brown lends its prestigious resources, notably their Center for Advanced Material Research, Environmental Change Initiative, and their Center for Environmental Studies.

Informed by the experience of participation in the 2005 decathlon and inspired by observation of the 2007 event, the team is planning ways in which the research, design development, representation/imaging, construction and public outreach resulting in and from competition entry can be as deeply embedded as possible in the overall student experience. The design of the Solar House began at the start of the Fall Semester 2007 and will continue until disassembly after the competition in the fall of 2009. The intention is to use the Decathlon house as a platform for student research and implementation that is academically structured and ongoing in the following ways: To evolve a research, academic and business model which can be sustained to produce full-scale, ecologically sound projects on a regular cycle: The know-how and outreach potential generated by the Decathlon project will be used to launch a cyclical program of full-scale building in which design and technology research can crystallize. Further applications of the know-how derived from Decathlon currently pursued by the RISD Department of Architecture include an off-the-grid research station in the Costa Rican rain forest and the application of passive and active energy technologies to design-focused affordable housing in collaboration with Housing Operative. To create an ongoing research effort on the architecturally compelling deployment of existing and emerging sustainable technologies: Unlike the role played by new technologies in the development of Modernist architecture in the 1920s, sustainability has yet to establish its architectural image. Intelligent integration of design and technology is central to the most recent developments in Brown and RISDs curriculum, most notably in the building technologies courses introduced in the past five years. By defining from an architecturally innovative perspective on the synergy between structure, envelope, interior and exterior climate and spatial consequence, Brown and RISD will partner with research entities in developing new and exciting applications for new technologies. To embed innovative technologies into the core engineering-based curriculum offered: As technology rapidly changes, the traditional model of large lecture courses imparting basic knowledge as primary content needs to change. By creating partnerships with those doing applied scientific research, Brown and RISD play the role of interpreter, presenting new, complex technologies in ways that make clear the logic behind them and suggest the scope of their application in architecture. This insures, by shifting the pedagogic structure from purely knowledge-based content to a more empirical, systems-based thinking as primary content, that the courses absorb new information as it becomes available without needing to reinvent themselves a just-in-time delivery system which teaches the students how to think their way through the problem of building systems and structures. To develop differentiated partnerships paradigms: The traditional sponsorship model has been based upon the client/ architect relationship, in which a sponsor approaches the institution with a singular, specific problem to solve, for which he/she is willing to accept the financial burden while allowing the institution responsibility for academic soundness and deliverables. While this problem-specific model has proven successful, we are developing models which will allow for longerterm symbiosis and, as importantly, for the realization of projects jointly planned in a manner that involves Brown and RISD students and faculty directly (as with the

Decathlon). Knowledge-sharing, jointly supported research on applications of technology, and the potentials of multiple sponsors towards a singular end (for example, a joint venture amongst an engineering partner, a manufacturing partner, a real estate development partner and a social programs partner could address the problem of affordability and sustainability as two parts of a single demand) are other models which need to be designed and implemented. The formation of the advisory board for the 2009 solar decathlon, a consortium of non-competing, interrelated entities, is our first large-scale experiment with this model. To lend the curriculum coherence and direction: A study of the most successful architecture schools of the recent past reveals the coalescing of the schools mission around a significant theme or development. Brown and RISD are poised to apply its tradition of physical production as integral to the learning and thinking process to the question of sustainability, architecturally framed. The research-based curricular initiative to realign the strengths of the program are illustrated in the curricular plan in Appendix A, which illustrates how the complement of courses culminate in regular full-scale realization projects based upon the model established by the 2009 Decathlon. Appendix A: the curricular map and Appendix B the organizational chart illustrates an initial sketch of the way in which academics, research and partnership will intertwine over the coming year; it should be considered an illustration only, as courses will need to be developed in response to needs, and the advisory board members are not yet finalized. As opportunities for knowledge sharing and partnerships emerge, new projects or outcomes could be foreseen for the research and knowledge amassed, with deployment in the developed and developing world. The Brown-RISD partnership is working towards becoming the locus of crosspollination among partners from different areas of industry and the public sector, and in cultivating the ability to realize the outcome in projects such as the Solar Decathlon House. ORGANIZATION AND PROJECT PLANNING The 2009 Solar Decathlon project is divided into five distinct intertwined phases: design and technical development, prototype execution and testing, industry engagement and fundraising, deconstruction, shipment, and reconstruction, and knowledge aggregation and transfer. Design and Technical Development The design and technical development of the project is front end loaded in the first year from Fall 2007 through Fall 2008 when the house scheme is developed and the systems are selected and integrated. The design and technical development continues overlapping with the prototyping and testing as redesign and refinement will be required. The design and technical development phase will be co-led between RISDs Department of Architecture and Browns Division of Engineering. Prototype Execution and Testing Prototype execution is when the house is actually constructed and the systems tested. The construction is planned for Fall 2008 with a testing span that includes the dramatic seasons of the New England climate from winter 2009 through summer 2009. The prototype execution and testing phase will be co-led between RISDs Department of Architecture and Browns Division of Engineering.

Industry Engagement and Fundraising Industry engagement and fundraising encompasses the formal formation of the corporate advisory board, fundraising from individual patrons, foundation and grant support, and the procurement of in kind donations. This phase will be managed by RISDs Center for Design and Business (CDB) with assistance from Brown Universitys resources.The CDB targets the first one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to close by June 2008 (the design development phase) with the majority of the in kind materials and equipment needs committed by July 2008. The CDB targets another one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) by October 2008 and additional funds expected at one hundred to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) by June 2009 with the balance secured by September 2009. The CDB is in dialogue with the following corporations about advisory board involvement: GIlbane Design and Construction, Viessmann, Taco, American Power Conversion, and General Electric. Deconstruction, Shipment, and Reconstruction Informed by the challenges faced in the 2005 entry which required expensive, non highway shipment and complicated, construction equipment intensive assembly, the three house schemes from the fall studio began with construction and shipment as paramount considerations. Specifically, the 2009 Solar Decathlon housing components break down within the restrictions for standard highway transport and minimal heavy construction equipment will be required for construction. Following the RISD institutionalized safety standards originally crafted for the wood and metal shops on campus, the 2005 house was constructed without any injury. Knowledge Aggregation and Transfer The decathlon project serves as a prototype both as a solar house but also as the prototype for a method of inter-institutional and industry engaged design build programs currently planned on two year cycles under the leadership of RISDs Department of Architecture. Concurrent to the Solar Decathlon, students in the Department of Architecture in collaboration with RISDs Center for Design and Business, are creating a business plan for rapidly deployable laboratories constructed with minimal environmental destruction in Costa Rica. Future design builds are planned for affordable housing units in collaboration with the Housing Operative group of Detroit, MI. CONCLUSION To be written when all materials are collected and consolidated Appendices APPENDIX A CURRICULAR PLAN (CONTENT COMPLETE, GRAPHIC LAYOUT UNDERWAY-MITCH) APPENDIX B ORGANIZATION CHART (CONTENT COMPLETE, GRAPHIC LAYOUT UNDERWAY-MITCH) APPENDIX C KNOWLEDGE MAP (CONTENT COMPLETE, GRAPHIC LAYOUT UNDERWAY-MITCH) APPENDIX D TIMELINE (CONTENT COMPLETE, GRAPHIC LAYOUT UNDERWAY-MITCH) APPENDIX E BACKGROUND ON RISD/BROWN AND TEAM BIOS APPENDIX F LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM JAY COOGAN, PROVOST , RISD

APPENDIX G LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM CLYDE BRYANT, VICE PRESIDENT OF RESEARCH, BROWN APPENDIX H IMAGES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE 2005 DECATHLON HOUSE APPENDIX I 2005 DECATHLON EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH APPENDIX J LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM SELECT 2009 DECATHLON ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS

APPENDIX A CURRICULAR PLAN Page 1 Mitch Goldstein (RISD Graphics 2006) is currently working on this graphic under the guidance of Tom Wedell Graphics are expected Monday Dec 4TH

APPENDIX A CURRICULAR PLAN Page 2 Mitch Goldstein (RISD Graphics 2006) is currently working on this graphic under the guidance of Tom Wedell Graphics are expected Monday Dec 4TH

APPENDIX B Organization Chart Mitch Goldstein (RISD Graphics 2006) is currently working on this graphic under the guidance of Tom Wedell Graphics are expected Monday Dec 4TH

APPENDIX C Knowledge Map Mitch Goldstein (RISD Graphics 2006) is currently working on this graphic under the guidance of Tom Wedell Graphics are expected Monday Dec 4TH

APPENDIX D TIMELINE Page 1 Mitch Goldstein (RISD Graphics 2006) is currently working on this graphic under the guidance of Tom Wedell Graphics are expected Monday Dec 4TH

APPENDIX D TIMELINE Page 2 Mitch Goldstein (RISD Graphics 2006) is currently working on this graphic under the guidance of Tom Wedell Graphics are expected Monday Dec 4TH

APPENDIX E: ABOUT RISD, BROWN, AND TEAM BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. About Rhode Island School of Design and The Department of Architecture Consistently ranked on one the top art and design schools in the country, the Rhode Island School of Design has a 128-year heritage of providing the highest quality education in the visual arts, design, architecture, and art education. RISD offers 16 undergraduate and 17 graduate majors in design and the fine arts. The RISD community, now 2,200 students and 350 faculty members, has a long history of partnering with corporations dating back to the early 1970s. RISDs educational partnerships include Fortune 500 firms, universities, major non-profit organizations and government entities. RISD participated in the 2005 Solar Decathlon. RISDs Department of Architecture was formed in 1901 and currently offers the NAAB accredited degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts in Architecture, Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Architecture. About Brown University and The Division of Engineering Founded in 1764 as the College of Rhode Island, Brown is the third-oldest institution of higher education in New England and the seventh oldest in the United States. It is a member of the Ivy League. Approximately 5,900 students are enrolled in the Undergraduate College, 1,500 in the Graduate School and 340 in the Medical School. These students represent all 50 states and many foreign countries. Browns three schools offer nearly 100 programs of study. The University adheres to a collaborative university-college model in which faculty are as committed to teaching as they are to research, embracing a curriculum that requires students to be architects of Brown University's Division of Engineering is home to the first undergraduate engineering program in the Ivy League. The Division of Engineering is a unique place, which emphasizes the power of interdisciplinary thought and recognizes that engineering is intertwined with every aspect of our lives. The Division of Engineering has an array of degree options, offering ABET accredited undergraduate Bachelor of Science degrees in Biomedical, Civil, Chemical, Computer, Mechanical, Electrical and Materials Engineering. Additionally there are flexible degree options where students are afforded more electives, which include the Bachelor of Arts degree in Engineering and Commerce, Organization and Entrepreneurship (COE), as well as a Bachelor of Science in Engineering-Physics. The Division of Engineering offers the Center for Advanced Material Research, Environmental Change Initiative, and the Center for Environmental Studies for this effort. SOLAR DECATHLON TEAM Jonathan Knowles, Solar Decathlon General Manager RISD Architecture Faculty Jonathan Knowles is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design. He was project manager for RISDs 2005 Solar Decathlon Entry. Jonathan has been teaching at RISD since 2001 and has taught at the Parsons School of Design, the City College of New York, Cornell and Columbia Universities as well as the State University of New York in Buffalo. Jonathan is also a practicing

architect in New York City where he co-founded Briggs Knowles Studio in the fall of 1997 with Laura Briggs where they have explored high performance skins and opportunities for photovoltaics in glazing. He is currently managing the design and construction of two sustainable homes in the Massachusetts Berkshires as well as a wine bar in Harlem. His degrees, a Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Fine Arts, are from the Rhode Island School of Design. Wilbur Yoder Solar Decathlon Design Development Lead RISD Architecture Faculty Will Yoder, RISD Architecture Professor since 1964, recently authored the High Performance School Standards in collaboration with the North East Energy Efficiency Partnership. In partnership with Jonathan, Will was the lead faculty for the 2005 Solar Decathlon entry. Will is a licensed architect in RI and a licensed engineering in RI, MA, DE, and CT. Will holds degrees an MS in Architectural Engineering from University of Illinois, and a BA in Architecture from RISD as well as graduate studies in Ocean Engineering at URI and University of Hawaii. Lynnette Widder Solar Decathlon Senior Advisor Architecture Department Head Lynnette Widder, a RISD faculty member since 1997, was appointed the Head of the Architecture Department at Rhode Island School of Design in 2006. Lynnette established aardvarchitecture with Christian Volkmann in 1997. Aardvarchitecture work specializes on maximizing small spaces and was noted in a recent episode of HGTV Small Spaces: Big Style and in the 2006 book Living Big in Small Spaces by James Trulove. Lynnette's teaching experience includes guest professorships at the Federal Technical Institute (ETH) in Zurich (1993-94), University of British Columbia (1996), Cornell University (1997), Columbia University (2000), and the Rhode Island School of Design (1997-present). Lynnette was the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship. Lynnette received a Master of Architecture from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture (1990) and a Bachelor of Arts from Barnard College (1984) Christopher Bull Solar Decathlon Materials and Engineering Advisor Brown Engineering Faculty Christopher Bull is a mechanical (Sc.B.) - electrical (Sc.M.) - materials (Ph.D.) engineer and holds the positions of Sr. Lecturer and Sr. Research Engineer at Brown University. He is coauthor of Appropriate Technology; Tools, Choices, and Implications (1998) and co-editor, Field Guide of Appropriate Technology (2002). He has published papers in the fields of material science, solid mechanics, appropriate technology, and neuroscience. His research interests include: alternative transportation, sustainable design, neural recording and stimulation systems, and experimental mechanics. Dr. Bulls teaching includes the development of the following courses: Brown RISD Product Design Studio, Social Entrepreneurship, and, Sustainable Energy Technology. He currently co-teaches all of the above and Intermediate (Appropriate) Technology Ken Breuer Solar Decathlon Energy Systems Advisor

Brown Engineering Faculty Kenny Breuer received his ScB from Brown and his MSc and PhD from MIT. He spent nine years on the faculty of MIT in the department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, before returning to Brown in 1999. He has a long-standing association with renewable energy technologies including design and consulting experience in thermal solar systems, wind and tidal power. He initiated and co-teaches the Brown Engineering course in Sustainable Energy Technologies. His research interests are in Fluid Mechanics covering a wide range of topics, including the physics of flows at micron and nanometer scales, the physics and control of turbulent flows, flows associated with animal flight. He is author of over fifty refereed technical publications, has edited and co-authored several books, including "Microscale Diagnostic Techniques", "A Gallery of Fluid Motion" and "Multimedia Fluid Mechanics". Kurt Teichert Solar Decathlon Environmental Advisor Brown Environmental Studies Faculty Kurt Teichert is Lecturer in Environmental Studies and Manager of Environmental Stewardship Initiatives. He teaches courses and advises students on Sustainable Design and Environmental Stewardship. A LEED Accredited Professional and has been involved in research, design and construction of high performance educational facilities for 20 years. Teichert serves as a Stakeholder in the Rhode Island Greenhouse Gas Initiative to develop and implement a state climate action plan. Prior to coming to Brown, Kurt served as Research Associate and Facilities Manager at New Alchemy Institute. He holds an M.Sc. in Resource Economics from Oregon State University and a B.A. from Franklin and Marshall College. David Warner, Solar Decathlon Outreach RISD Department Head of History, Philosophy, and the Social Sciences David Warner received his PHD in History from University of California Los Angeles in 1989, and has been on the faculty at RISD since 1990. David was appointed to department head in 2003 where he has made the environment a continual emphasis. David is currently working to form a concentration within the department in environmental studies, which would encompass classes in natural sciences and environmental ethics. Tom Wedell Solar Decathlon Discipline Integration RISD Academic Coordinator for Sponsored Research, RISD Graphic Design Faculty Tom Wedell has been on the RISD faculty since (please find out) and was recently appointed to the newly created academic coordinator for sponsored research, a position created to further foster interdisciplinary explorations and research with industry partners. Tom received his BA from University of Michigan with a concentration in photography and his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art where he studied both photography and graphic design. Tom is a principal with Skolos/Wedell. Peter Yeadon Solar Decathlon Academic RISD Interior Architecture Faculty

Peter Yeadon, Assistant Professor at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), teaches technology courses that focus on smart materials and nanotechnology in architecture and design. These courses are supported by his pioneering research into the architectural implications of nanotechnology and nanobiotechnology. In 2007, Yeadon was invited to become a member of the Institute for Molecular and Nanoscale Innovation at Brown University. Yeadons work argues that architecture can no longer ignore the achievements of disciplines that are creating new forms of life and are altering the fundamental properties of matter. Recent work by Yeadons firm, Decker Yeadon, includes a smart screen faade system made of thermal reactive materials that open and close aperture to regulate solar thermal gain/loss. William G. Foulkes Solar Decathlon Finance Executive Director, RISD Center for Design and Business Bill Foulkes is the Executive Director of the Center for Design and Business at the Rhode Island School of Design where he manages external corporate relations for large-scale projects such as the solar decathlon. Prior to the CDB, Bill held the position of CEO of MTI Group Holdings, Inc., and a privately held software firm and was part of the founding team of the enterprise software firm, Context Media, Inc., now a subsidiary of Oracle. Bills experience also includes consumer product marketing at Gillette and investment banking at Morgan Stanley. Bill holds an A.B. in History from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Heather E. McGowan Solar Decathlon Operations Associate Director Center for Design and Business Heather McGowan is the Associate Director of the Center for Design and Business where she manages project operations and documentation. Heathers past experiences include consumer product design and design strategy for companies including: Safety 1st and Wilson Sporting Goods, and medical design for ALM. Most recently, Heather has worked in financial advisory services for MeadowBrook Lane Capital and Pioneer Capital Partners which included business planning, strategy, and debt and equity raises. Heather holds BFA from RISD in Industrial Design and an MBA from Babson College.

EXHIBIT F: LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM RISD PROVOST JAY COOGAN

EXHIBIT G: LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM BROWN VICE PRESIDENT OF RESARCH CLYDE BRIANT Expected Monday Dec 3rd

EXHIBIT H: 2005 SOLAR DECATHLON HOUSE Images, Description, Quote From Portsmouth Abbey Due From Jonathan Knowles Monday Dec 4th

EXHIBIT I: 2005 SOLAR DECATHLON EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH

The 2005 Solar Decathlon team was asked by the United States Congress to testify about the technology that we developed. The invitation was a validation of our design intent and our advanced energy scheme. The teams presentation of the project to the Subcommittee on Science and Technology is available at the following link: http://www.house.gov/science/webcast/index.htm (look in the index for the November 2nd hearing on the Solar Decathlon). In collaboration with the 2007 MIT team the 2005 RISD solar team was invited to present collective research and explorations into alternative energy strategies and integrated building systems at the Industrial Design Society of Americas (IDSA) Green Design Conference in 2006to. Additionally, the 2005 RISD Solar team presented at the Emerging Architecture Session on Technology, Architecture and Education at the 2006 American Solar Energy Society (ASES) Conference in Denver. RISD Solar students were featured on television! This Old House chronicled our students work on Episode No. 2521, which premiered nationally on February 23, 2006. Also, the Do-It Yourself (DIY) Network featured the RISD Solar project on their Solar Decathlon episode, which aired on January 29th.

Additionally, the 2005 RISD Solar project was covered extensively in the press. RISD Solar and Solar Decathlon related on-line articles currently still available include:
Outside Magazine Online: http://outside.away.com/outside/news/20051012_1.html Providence Journal Slideshow: http://www.projo.com/slideshow_flash/20050918_solarhouse/ Providence Journal: http://www.projo.com/business/content/projo_20050918_solar18x.3353539.html http://www.projo.com/business/content/projo_20050929_sol29x.16cda201.html http://www.projo.com/business/content/projo_20051015_sol15x.224b32d3.html Brown Daily Herald: http://www.browndailyherald.com/media/paper472/news/2005/10/18/CampusNews/Risd Team.Shows.Off.Innovations.In.Solar.Decathlon-1024146.shtml? norewrite&sourcedomain=www.browndailyherald.com Additional Articles: http://royalhomestoronto.typepad.com/rhtoronto/2005/09/solar_decathlon.html http://www.anchorrising.com/barnacles/002413.html

The RISD Department of Architecture was invited to join the United States Department of Energy to design a 30,000 sq. ft. zero-energy kindergarten for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Village. The design services were a gift from the United States to China. The team traveled to Beijing in January 2006 for a weeklong design conference to design the building.

In Washington DC, as part of the 2007 competition, the 2009 RISD Solar students were invited by NREL to be official observers and assist with monitoring the 2007 competitions . This provided a rare opportunity to see first hand how the competition worked and what other competitors did to solve the problem of combustion-free construction. RISD is currently working with the Portsmouth Abbey School to permanently locate the 2005 house on their campus. The house will be used as faculty housing and will be available for public tours. The RISD Solar team will provide logistical support and students will help with the re-assembly. APPENDIX J: LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM SELECT ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS