Thursday, April 15, 2010

SYLLABUS Envmt 21 Solar and Sustainable Energy Options Spring 2010

Envmt 21 (24506) Solar and Sustainable Energy Options Spring 2010

SYLLABUS: Bruce Douglas, P.E., Robin Freeman M.A. 434-3840 robinf5713@aol.com

Meeting times: 6 Thursdays: 6:30pm – 9:20pm AND 5 Weekend days: 9am – 4pm.

Grading and other Policies for this course: The course is available for a letter grade or credit/non-credit for those who are not using it for a certificate or degree, but you must designate Cr/NC on line at the beginning of the course. 80% Class and lab participation is required for credit and completion of assignments is required for a letter grade. You will provide a class evaluation at the last class and suggest your grade based on your assignments and participation.

See next page for reading assignments:

Final Project: Goal: to show your thought about addressing SCALE GAPS to achieve sustainable solutions. Groups: 2 or more people. Product: prepare and present a 5 minute proposal. Your proposal must SYNTHESIZE the technical details learned in this course and LINK you, the Environmental Program at Merritt, Government, Industry, and the Global picture. 3 hours of class time will be used for final project work time.


Thursday 4/15
Introductions, About this course, what is the final project?
The Institute for Sustainable Policy Studies (ISPS) theme.
Scale, the power grid and the power structure.

Saturday 4/17 Reading #1 due today.
Sun’s motions: Solar pathfinding
Infrared radiation & greenhouse effect
Solar cooking demo
Basic Electricity, photovoltaics (PV)

Sunday 4/18
PV system components and set up
Thermodynamics, Efficiency
PV economics, payback, ROI

Thursday 4/22 PV questions due.
Energy and society: Philosophy, Policy and Economics.
Mapping student & staff travel

Saturday 4/24 Reading #2 due today.
Electric Vehicles and Boats: Concepts, Physics of motion, power, and energy.
Motors, Controllers, Batteries, Transmission, Equipment selection

Thursday 4/29
Energy: Sources / Impacts, Conservation, No to Nuclear
Light the Spectrum and Wave behavior

Thursday 5/6 EV questions due.
Transportation issues: Planning, Affordability of living, Locality.
Energy jobs.
Student personal energy picture.

Saturday 5/8
Electric Vehicle lab: concepts review, electric vehicle designing and building. Field visits.

Thursday 5/13
Water Resources & Systems, water and energy, watersheds, water conservation.

Sunday 5/16 Reading #3 due today.
Solar Hot Water
Solar Hot Water lab.: Hands-on with SRH water systems.

Thursday 5/20 Solar DHW questions due.
Final Project Presentation
Potluck
Evaluations



Reading/Research #1 due 4/17:
Excerpts from: Photovoltaics-Design & Installation Manual, SEI 2004. This is posted on the GreenBuildingDesign Yahoo Group. To join this group go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/search?query=greenbuildingdesign
www.amazon.com/Photovoltaics-Installation-Solar-Energy-International/dp/0865715203
www.energy.ca.gov/reports/2001-09-04_500-01-020.PDF
www.pvresources.com/en/environment.php

Reading / Research #2 due 4/24:
www.amazon.com/Build-Your-Own-Electric-Vehicle/dp/0830642315
http://evworld.com/article.cfm?storyid=1212&first=5187&end=5186
http://www.evworld.com/fasttrack/index.cfm?show=primer
http://www.qsl.net/k5lxp/ev/primer/primer.html
http://www.qsl.net/k5lxp/ev/primer/primer.html
http://www.evworld.com/article.cfm?storyid=1084
http://www.evworld.com/article.cfm?storyid=1206
http://www.evworld.com/article.cfm?storyid=1111

Reading / Research #3 due 5/16:
http://www.recurve.com/your-home/major-systems/water-heaters/?mm_campaign=5786f023d3e0ff3cbeac4435aecee440&keyword=solar%20domestic%20hot%20water&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=Adwords&pi_ad_id=5112297161&gclid=CJi33_-C_aACFQgSawody2X-mA
http://www.jc-solarhomes.com/how_to.htm
http://homepower.com/basics/hotwater/
http://www.heliodyne.com/
http://www.energymatters.com.au/renewable-energy/solar-power/solar-hot-water/solar-hot-water-works.php
http://www.solarheatingcanada.com/solar-domestic-hot-water-system.html

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