for this project, our main goal was to make an energy-efficient house. this house was to be able to be able to sustain its own heat in the winter with barely any power.
In my group, it was me, tony mallloy, timothy Madison, and zach roesler. as a group we worked well enough together.
There were many concepts that went into this project. They included:
Our first task as a group was to find a way to heat the water using simple solar technology. Before we were building it, we had to learn about water heaters.
Then we begin building our water heater. We finished, and we found out that we have to keep the water coursing through the system of the heater. Throughout the 2 hours that we kept the water going, the heat of the water raised by about 2 WHOLE DEGREES.
This was partly because we did it in the early morning where it is as cold as, excuse my french, glace.
The other classes water raised very much due to the temperature of the air around them.
In my group, it was me, tony mallloy, timothy Madison, and zach roesler. as a group we worked well enough together.
There were many concepts that went into this project. They included:
- Radiation: this has to do with heat and how sunlight is represents the amount of heat
- reflecting/absorbing heat: this has to do with how materials absorb or-otherwise known as containing- reflect heat back
- Temp V. Heat: this has to do with hows the heat is represented
- Specific heat: the maximum heat a n object reaches
- The laws of thermodynamics: the four laws of thermodynamics, which define physical characteristics and properties.
Our first task as a group was to find a way to heat the water using simple solar technology. Before we were building it, we had to learn about water heaters.
Then we begin building our water heater. We finished, and we found out that we have to keep the water coursing through the system of the heater. Throughout the 2 hours that we kept the water going, the heat of the water raised by about 2 WHOLE DEGREES.
This was partly because we did it in the early morning where it is as cold as, excuse my french, glace.
The other classes water raised very much due to the temperature of the air around them.
After we "completed" our water heater, we began working on natural lighting and designing our actual building. We at first decided to see where we should place the light bulbs and the windows. Our sketches are below.
After we sketched me and my group cut out our model out of cardboard. We added a few designs that were not in our original sketch, but were energy efficient all the same. The model is below.
After we sketched our model, we begin with the initial design. We started by searching for locations which would be most energy efficient and would get the most sunlight during the winter. We were choosing on three locations and had to decide what qualities each location had.
After that we chose our location which was near the Spanish buildings. and the auto shop workshop. our location is below:
After that we chose our location which was near the Spanish buildings. and the auto shop workshop. our location is below:
After we found our location, we begin working on the design of the house. we started with sketch up.
After the sketch up models we started our blue prints. the blueprints are in our presentation, which is below.
After the sketch up models we started our blue prints. the blueprints are in our presentation, which is below.
Then, we compiled all the materials we would need and calculated them and found the most efficient choices. We collected them into one big budget, which is shown below.
After we had finished our budget, we made our presentation on power point and presented it to a panel of students, experts, and parents.
Our presentation is below.
Our presentation is below.