Subject: A story of River Sunvelop where a hundred college students and faculty members from ten more majors got together and dedicated three years towards designing and building an eco, smart, energy-positive house. Who are they? How did they work together? What did they achieve and where do they go from here?
Background: Dr. Hu graduated from School of Public policy and Management, Tsinghua University, and now works for Energy Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Since 2011, he has led a cross-disciplinary team of a hundred students and faculty members to design and build an eco, smart, energy-positive solar building called River Sunvelop, with help of approximately 30 business partners. The River Sunvelop team is working on popularizing eco and smart buildings, systems and lifestyles.
1. 1896 1920 1987 2006
River Sunvelop: A Story of Youth,
Friendship, Sunshine and Dream
日上江村:一个青春梦想友谊和 光的故事
HU Xiaojun 胡小军
Eva Wang 王雅玮
Shanghai Jiao Tong University上海交通大学
Jun. 12, 2014"
2. How does the story begin?"
! The Third Industrial Revolution:How Lateral
Power is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and
the World.
! Electricity from renewable shares 25% in Germany.
! Solar market failure in EU.
! China shares 2/3 of solar industry in the world, but
installed only 2% before 2010.
! Anti-dumping and subsidy investigation.
! SD: Sino-US energy cooperation in 2011. "
11. River Sunvelop: post-competition"
! Background: intensive policy promotion
! Test-bedding and virtual demonstration
• 973 project: large scale energy saving battery system
• Ford: my energy life style
• Kunming: eco micro-grid
! Association: SEE-Life, Cross Culture Center
! Raise a company
• public welfare enterprise: company-student association
network-university module
• Promotion of see-life and supply technical support for
personalized design
• Develop eco network of households from students
12. Life with River Sunvelop"
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Eva Wang
13. Started with SDC Competition"
We aim to provide people with a comfortable, intelligent and
energy-balanced modern living environment"
14. We study the possibility of popularizing our solar powered houses,
and we find a profitable market in the future"
Followed by a Market Survey"
15. Running a Small Business"
• Position the River Sunvelop as a life experience center"
• Welcome people to come and experience our house and
provide them with drinks and snacks"
• Set up an association named “SEE-life” to help with daily
house maintenance and also the business"
* SEE-life:Sustainable & Ecological &
Enjoyable life
"
16. Running a Small Business"
• Charge people for using the house at a very low price "
• Invest the earnings into decorating the house and
organizing activities to propagate the house, etc"
• Both energy-balanced and finance-balanced"
17. Plan to do…"
School System"
Build more River Sunvelop in
other universities and high
schools"
Welcome more people to
experience the SEE life"
Let more students know the green
ecological modern building
Outside School"
Target residents: "
provide personalized green
ecological project consultant and
design"
Target companies: "
undertake green ecological
activities"