This lesson is the culmination of our work over the semester. You will be finishing your Solar Design project proposals on behalf of your clients in their given locale. By this time, you should have received feedback from your peers on your draft outline. This week, we will refine that document into a formal proposal for the client, synthesizing the many aspects that have made up the goal of solar design: to maximize the solar utility for the clients/stakeholders in their given locale.
Good luck with your work this week, and please take advantage of the forum or email correspondence to help to refine your design concepts. Project design does not occur in isolation!
By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
This lesson will take us one week to complete. Please refer to the Course Syllabus for specific time frames and due dates. Specific directions for the assignment below can be found in this lesson.
| Required Reading: | None |
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| To Do: | Finish composition of your final proposals and submit your work in Canvas. Contribute to the final discussion forum. |
| Topic(s): | Goal of Solar Design, Integrative Design Team. |
If you have any questions, please post them to the Lesson 12 General Questions and Comments Discussion Forum. I will check the forum regularly to respond. While you are in a discussion, feel free to post your own responses if you, too, are able to help out a classmate.
So far, you have been working individually, or with the feedback from a peer, to design a project proposal. This proposal has elements of solar resource assessment, financial assessment, social and policy awareness, all supported by a sustainability approach to energy systems. If that seems like a lot for one individual to wrap their mind around, you're right!
In our last discussion activity of the semester, I would like you to post your dream team of integrative design. Imagine that you just started a small solar design firm. You now need to hire a team to help you build your company name by reputation of being highly reliable, economically competitive, and producing high-quality solar projects.
What kind of members would you want in your team, and what skills would they need to create a balanced business?
Post your thoughts on the Lesson 12 Discussion Forum in Canvas. Do not forget to provide feedback and contribute to your peers' posts.
You will be graded on the quality of your post and the thoughtful contributions you make to your classmates' posts. Please see the Discussion Expectations and Rubric [1] under Orientation/Resources.
Deadline: please see the course calendar for specific due dates.
We have finally come to the conclusion of EME 810! Great work! In this semester, we focused on the major topics of project proposal development for solar energy conversion systems. We addressed engineering tasks, financial tasks, and broader social, ecological, and policy aspects in proposal development.
You have put in a lot of effort and hopefully the study material and practical assignments in this course brought your understanding of solar energy to a new level. Congratulations!
Please check the proposal submission date in Canvas Calendar and your to-do list in Canvas for any outstanding tasks.
Links
[1] https://www.e-education.psu.edu/eme810/node/619