Desert Rose House, Wollongong, Australia
The Desert Rose house is Team University of Wollongong (UOW), Australia’s entrant into the Solar Decathlon Middle East (SDME) competition 2018. The Desert Rose was designed and built by students from UOW as well as technical college TAFE New South Wales.
Team UOW first built the Desert Rose in Wollongong, between Apr 2018 and Aug 2018. After its initial construction, the house was packed into 8 shipping containers and shipped to Dubai. In November 2018, 40 students from UOW and TAFE rebuilt the house in 15 days for the SDME competition.
The Desert Rose was shown to perform extremely well in both the measured and judged contests, achieving second place overall with first place in innovation and comfort conditions. A key factor in Team UOW’s success was the use of KNX throughout the house.
Using KNX, Team UOW was able to design a comfortable and healthy net-positive energy home that caters to the needs those living with age related disabilities, creating “a house for life”.
Project details
Applications used
Lighting
Switching , Dimming , Automatic Occupancy Detection, Lighting Colour Control
Heating, Ventilation & AC (HVAC)
Central & Automatic Control , Weather Dependent Control , Individual Room Control / Zone Control , Valve Drive Control / Fan Coil Control , CO2 / Humidity Measuring , Natural Ventilation
Blind and Shutter Control
Individual Control
Security and Safety
Smoke/Fire Detection
Operation and Visualisation
Switches / Push Buttons , Web Servers , Touch Panels & Display Panels , Tablets and smart phones
Automation and Remote Access
Internet Access , Remote Programming
Energy Management/Smart Metering
Metering , Data Logging , Visualisation , Current Detection , Peak Demand Monitoring , Load Shedding , Use of Renewable Energies , Battery Storage
Other
Home Appliances Control
