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Simulation Models – RoofKIT House Demonstration Unit
Our simulation models from the RoofKIT House Demonstration Unit are uploaded and freely available. You will find there some descriptions of building simulation, so that other students can also get introduced to building simulation. Have fun with it! For further information visit: https://github.com/nicocarbo/RoofKIT
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Wuppertal Construction | Phase 4: Interior
After our media were connected, we could start setting up the flexible furniture and unsecuring the built-in furniture from transport. Our individual parts for the bed, the dining table, our lounge corner and the outdoor area were transported to the HDU and could be assembled by us. After setting up, we were able to do…
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Wuppertal Construction | Phase 3: Connecting
After the module was assembled, our HDU gave the impression of being ready for immediate use. But – appearances are deceptive. First we had to connect all the cables together and connect our unit. All connections converge in the middle under our HDU and stowed away in a former water tank. All media were added…
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Wuppertal Construction | Phase 2: Module Structure
Tuesday was the most exciting day of the set-up for us. All our modules (3 interior modules, 1 terrace element, and 4 roof modules) were delivered to the solar campus in close time and assembled and arranged in intensive cooperation with the carpenters. Despite the rainy and cold weather, the assembly went as planned and…
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RecyclingPortal Report
RecyclingPortal reports on RoofKIT and our project! For more information, please visit: https://recyclingportal.eu/Archive/73067RecyclingPortal – Das Fachportal für Abfall, Entsorgung, Recycling, Kreislaufwirtschaft und Märkte: https://recyclingportal.eu/
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Wuppertal Construction | Phase 1: Preparation Ground Floor
In the first few days, we had to prepare our ground floor to the extent that our prefabricated modules only had to be put on. All the scaffolding towers and sprues were put together and fastened. For static reasons, these are secured with diagonal braces on stone baskets (gabions). On the substructure we fastened the…
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RoofKIT Tour de Solar
How do we bring our cargo bike from our sponsor Lastenvelo in Freiburg to the Solar Campus of the SDE in Wuppertal? With a bike ride, of course! In bright sunshine, we started in Freiburg on the blue bridge known from Netflix. We continued past the New Town Hall with its solar façade through the…
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Exhibition at Zukunftsraum
In the exhibition we present an excerpt of our contribution to the Solar Decathlon Europe and inform about resource-efficient, future architecture. We would like to invite you to the opening of our exhibition on May 16 from 6.30 p.m. in the Zukunftsraum, Rintheimer Straße 46, 76131 Karlsruhe to come by and exchange with us over…
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Construction Week 8 | Bauwoche 8
The construction of the HDU is slowly coming to an end. In the eighth and thus penultimate week of construction in Reuthe, Vorarlberg, work has been in full swing. In addition to minor roof work, the wooden façade has now taken its final shape. In addition to the electronics, work on the interior has also…
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Construction Week 7 | Bauwoche 7
The seventh week of construction started directly with a video shoot. Subsequently, we continued to expand the interior. After the floor had already been filled with clay panels in the previous weeks, the flooring could now be laid. One part was covered with ash wood in different widths and lengths to take advantage of the…