Design your own Energy-Efficient home - EE In Wisconsin



“Green” Energy-Efficient Home Design

Congratulations!! You have won the lottery!! The first thing you do is build your dream home! After taking environmental science, and becoming aware that the current energies we use will not last your lifetime as cheap as they are today, you decide that you would like to build your home using a diverse assortment of alternative energy sources. In the next few class periods, you will design an energy efficient home using the four Principles of Green Home Design. Use the following guidelines to create your home:

• What will it look like?

1. A picture of the home from the outside, in COLOR

2. Blueprints of your home

3. Indicate which way is North on BOTH pictures

• Energy Conservation:

o Four methods of conserving energy that will be implemented in different areas of the home

o These need to be drawn, detailed, and explained in your picture (use captions)

• Energy Sources:

o Three methods of generating energy - drawn, detailed, and shown in one or both of your pictures

▪ At least one must be for space-heating

▪ At least one must be for water-heating

▪ At least one must be for generating electricity

o Must be “off-grid” types of Energy (NOT from power company)

• Written Description:

o Write a description of your home (does NOT have to be typed)

▪ At LEAST one page in length

▪ Explain your Energy Sources & Energy Conservation

▪ Explain how you used the Four Principles of Green Design

• Consideration of natural elements

• Resource efficiency, including energy

• Promoting healthy living

• “Whole-building” design

• Extra Credit:

o Construct a model of your home

Energy Efficient and Renewable Energy Design Ideas:

Photovoltaic Solar Panels, Roofing Options

Energy efficient lighting options (energy efficiency and CFLs)

Passive Solar Design (skylighting, windows facing certain directions, etc.)

Window design, type (R-values), and orientation

Insulation & R-value

Heating, cooling, and ventilating systems

Energy efficient appliances and electronics (i.e. ENERGY STAR)

Masonry Stoves

Small-scale wind turbines

Metal Roofing

Groundwater Heat Pumps (geothermal energy)

Gardens – locally grown food

“Green” rooftops (plants)

Houses built into hills/ground

Dome homes

Solar water heaters

Others?

Breakdown for grading:

Blueprints: 10 _______

Outside Picture (colored): 10 _______ TOTAL:

Four Methods of Energy Conservation: (3 pts each) 12 _______

Three Sources of Energy: (2 pts each) 8 _______ _________/50

Paper Detailing Home (see description on worksheet): 10 _______

Things considered in each area: CREATIVITY!, Applicability (will it work?), Accuracy, Apparent work put into project, Details, etc.

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