The central idea of the 2005 Virginia Tech Solar House was to celebrate its solar aspects while integrating the engineering systems and the architecture into a single entity. Through the process of design and construction, the relationship between each detail and the overall architectural concept became evident. Highlighting four specific details to illustrate such intimate relationship, this study shows the importance of carefully working through each detail to remain faithful to the original design without any major compromise. / Master of Architecture

DECATHLON TRAINING Thesis objectives: The aim of this case study was to describe its performance development, characterize athletics training in three training stages, and to analyze in more detail the training and performance progressions in three outdoor competition seasons. The author of this case study attempted to clarify his unbalanced performance results, and to estimate the future performance potential. Methods: This research paper is a case study, and the main methods that were used were description, comparison and data analysis. Results: The case study demonstrates that the author's performance development trend is slightly increasing, including the past outdoor competition season of 2018. The data indicates that the subject of the case study has not reached his performance potential. Individual decathlon competitions contain results that do not match the personal best results in certain individual disciplines. The training phases show that after the preparatory phase, the subject of the case study underwent moderately high training load, which was labeled as the specialized phase due to the athlete's familiarity of the decathlon training. Regarding the cost of the expressed training frequency, the analysis of the last three training cycles showed that the training cycles did not differ...

DECATHLON TRAINING Thesis objectives: The aim of this case study was to describe its performance development, characterize athletics training in three training stages, and to analyze in more detail the training and performance progressions in three outdoor competition seasons. The author of this case study attempted to clarify his unbalanced performance results, and to estimate the future performance potential. Methods: This research paper is a case study, and the main methods that were used were description, comparison and data analysis. Results: The case study demonstrates that the author's performance development trend is slightly increasing, including the past outdoor competition season of 2018. The data indicates that the subject of the case study has not reached his performance potential. Individual decathlon competitions contain results that do not match the personal best results in certain individual disciplines. The training phases show that after the preparatory phase, the subject of the case study underwent moderately high training load, which was labeled as the specialized phase due to the athlete's familiarity of the decathlon training. Regarding the cost of the expressed training frequency, the analysis of the last three training cycles showed that the training cycles did not differ...

The North House is a proof-of-concept prefabricated solar-powered home designed for northern climates, and intended for the research and promotion of high-performance sustainable architecture. Led by faculty at the University of Waterloo, the project was undertaken by Team North a broad collaboration between faculty and students at the Universities of Waterloo, Ryerson and Simon Fraser. In October 2009, the North House prototype competed in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon, where it placed fourth overall. The North House addresses the urgent environmental imperative to dramatically reduce energy consumed by the built environment. It does so, in part by employing two primary technological systems which make use of feedback and response mechanisms; the Distributed Responsive System of Skins (DReSS) reconfigures the envelope in response to changing weather conditions, while the Adaptive Living Interface System (ALIS) provides detailed performance feedback to the inhabitant, equipping them with informed control of their home. This thesis recognizes energy consumption as a socio-technical problem that implicates building inhabitants as much as buildings themselves. It also recognizes the particular potency of the ‘house’ as a building type that touches a broad population in a profoundly personal way; and is thus an apt testing ground for technologies that conserve energy, and those that teach occupants to do the same. With these ideas in mind, the thesis looks to Interactive Architecture - a practice that considers buildings and their inhabitants as an integrated system - as a promising conceptual framework for synthesizing the social and technical aspects of energy conservation in the home.

The North House is a proof-of-concept prefabricated solar-powered home designed for northern climates, and intended for the research and promotion of high-performance sustainable architecture. Led by faculty at the University of Waterloo, the project was undertaken by Team North a broad collaboration between faculty and students at the Universities of Waterloo, Ryerson and Simon Fraser. In October 2009, the North House prototype competed in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon, where it placed fourth overall. The North House addresses the urgent environmental imperative to dramatically reduce energy consumed by the built environment. It does so, in part by employing two primary technological systems which make use of feedback and response mechanisms; the Distributed Responsive System of Skins (DReSS) reconfigures the envelope in response to changing weather conditions, while the Adaptive Living Interface System (ALIS) provides detailed performance feedback to the inhabitant, equipping them with informed control of their home. This thesis recognizes energy consumption as a socio-technical problem that implicates building inhabitants as much as buildings themselves. It also recognizes the particular potency of the ‘house’ as a building type that touches a broad population in a profoundly personal way; and is thus an apt testing ground for technologies that conserve energy, and those that teach occupants to do the same. With these ideas in mind, the thesis looks to Interactive Architecture - a practice that considers buildings and their inhabitants as an integrated system - as a promising conceptual framework for synthesizing the social and technical aspects of energy conservation in the home.

Title: Decathlon performance development Objectives: The aim of this thesis was the evaluation of the performance development in combined events during the period of 2009-2016 based on the results of world competitions and variability of the point structure of the individual decathlon. For these purposes were used data from world competitions that were afterwards compared in the way of winning performances and other atheletes. Methods: In this thesis was used the method of comparison and analysis of the best performances with the averages of the performance values of the first five best decathletes. Results: The results of this work concluded that the development of performance in the monitored period did not change significantly. As in previous years, athletes with outstanding sprinter-jumping results dominate in combined events, without obvious point losses in throwing disciplines. The development of performance was significantly influenced by Ashton Eaton and Trey Hardee, whose performance exceeded 8700 points. From the individual performance development of American decathlon athletes, Ashton Eaton confirmed the high efficiency of his best performance progress during the followed period. The difference in point scoring between the winners and other athletes were similar that showed high evenness...

The decathlon is a two-day competition of ten events, each event awarded points based on performance. The purpose of this study is to compare sub-national class decathlon scores and event performances with national and elite class decathlon performances and scores. The 2002 United States all-time decathlon performances and the 2002 world all-time decathlon performances were separated into elite, national or sub-national classes according to total points scored. Event performances, event scores, and total scores were then compared. Results indicated that the sub-national class decathletes on average scored less points in every event, showed more variability in performance, had weaker correlations between events and total score, and required more events to predict final score than national and elite decathletes.

Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta tělesné výchovy a sportu Abstract Title: The claims of technique in decathlon Objectives: The main aim of the thesis was to find out how our two skilled decathletes are able to cope with the demands on the technique in the jumping and throwing decathlons events within few monitoring years. We were trying to find strengths and weaknesses in technical events based on a comparison of the technical realization in selected events recorded at the best republic competitions. Then we were trying to define if there are some technical mistakes common to all the jumping and throwing disciplines, or if these mistakes are different for certain disciplines. Methods: In our thesis we used methods of observation, analysis and comparison. The observation method we have used was filming video sequences of our two subjects in national competitions. From these videos we continued to create photo sequences which we have used for analysis of the technical realization of selected events. The comparison method we have used during comparison of photo sequences for each technical event within a few years. Results: We found that the technical realization of these selected events has not changed within few monitoring years, only the pole vault was exception. In this event both decathletes improved their...

La Construcción Sostenible Es Una Tendencia Que Cada Vez Cobra Mayor Importancia En El Mundo. En Este Campo, Una De Las Competencias Internacionales Más Importantes Que Fomenta La Construcción De Ecoviviendas Es La Solar Decathlon. Este Año, Dicha Competencia Realiza Por Primera Vez Su Edición En América Latina Y El Caribe, Y La Sede Escogida Es Colombia / En Ella, Un Equipo Peruano, Denominadoproyecto Ayni, Es Finalista. El Presente Artículo Describe No Solo La Propuesta Innovadora, Sino También Todo El Esfuerzo Realizado Por Este Equipo Multidisciplinario Para Competir Y Lograr La Meta Trazada De Traer El Triunfo A Nuestro País.

This diploma thesis deals with evaluation methods of athletic multicontests, especially man decathlon. The main aim of the work is to analyze thoroughly a contemporary way of classification of points that has been used since 1984 and then propose new methods to modify or substitute the contemporary way of classification if needed. The main criterion for evaluation will be the equal way of classification of all disciplines. These methods are described in the theoretical part of the work and they are divided into mere adjustments of current curves for particular disciplines and methods drown from multicriterion evaluation of options. In the practical part, these methods are applied on real results, specifically on 100 best decathlons in history and on the last Olympic race. A specific evaluation of the application results emanates from the results of the application as well as final recommendation.