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Classroom of the Future Design Project

Instructions

The district school board has ordered that all schools reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30% in the next 10 years. Students are to have a major role in the decision making process. The school board has asked that students design environmentally friendly / energy efficient classrooms and present their proposals to the board.

Imagine you are giving a presentation to the school board on your proposed classroom explaining how you intend to make your classroom environmentally friendly, more energy efficient and comfortable in your city. What classroom design will you choose and what recyclable materials will you use that will promote energy efficiency and conservation? How does the design and materials used contribute to energy efficiency, safety, health and comfort in your classroom? How will energy be generated for your classroom? Explain this from the perspective of students as well as experts who have knowledge in this area. These may include architects, engineers, technicians and green builders. You may want to assign your group members these roles to make a stronger case.

Evaluation Criteria for Presentation

Format

1. Work collaboratively in teams; each team member provides a significant contribution.

2. Prepare an engaging power point presentation, using 15-25 slides. The presentation should be 10 minutes maximum length. The slide should include your Classroom Design Plans (floor plan and vertical plan), and a sketch of what the final building will look like.

3. Include relevant resources from the Internet and reference them properly, including pictures, animations, etc.

Content Criteria:

Your presentation will be evaluated based on the following content criteria:

1) Show the physics in each major concept you present (including lighting, heating and cooling, refrigeration, motors, and building envelope). A table of physics concepts is listed below.

2) Make a connection between how things work and energy efficiency (specifically for technology covered in your Physics class, labs, Green Building Videos and your research including heating and cooling, lighting, air quality, motors, and refrigeration).

3) Integrate what you have learned from your web research, activities, field trips, and videos:

1. Demonstrate a realistic understanding of how energy can be saved and comfort can be increased in your classroom (prioritize your suggestions according to most effective energy and cost savings. Take into account how a typical classroom uses energy).

2. Demonstrate a realistic understanding of how energy can be saved and comfort can be increased when designing a classroom from scratch (prioritize your suggestions according to most effective energy and cost savings)

3. Use the Internet to give at least one example of a new classroom, list measures taken, cost, payback, and other benefits. What classroom features fascinated you most? How much energy and money did the smart design measures save? How much did these measures cost, and what was the pay-back?

4. How could your classroom save energy on lighting (in addition to the planned lighting retrofit)? How else could the classroom save energy and increase comfort, based on your observations and conversations with classroom occupants?

5. Make a clear connection between energy savings, global warming, and sustainability in your arguments and give at least one quantifiable example. What does energy have to do with global warming and why do energy efficiency measures reduce CO2 emissions? What does energy have to do with sustainability?

6. Explain why occupancy comfort should be important, and give examples of how occupancy comfort and energy savings are related.

Table of Physics Concepts

|Building system |Physics Concepts |

|Lighting |Behavior of light |

| |EM of light |

| |Wave duality |

| |Basic wave concepts |

|Heating/Cooling |Heat transfer |

| |Temperature |

| |Thermodynamics |

|Refrigeration |Pressure |

| |Temperature |

| |Specific Heat |

| |Heat Transfer |

| |Phase Changes |

| |Thermodynamics |

|Motors |Electricity |

| |Electromagnetism |

| |Magnets |

|Building envelope/structure |Specific heat |

| |Insulation |

| |Conduction |

| |Radiation |

| |Phase changes |

Resources

Energy Resources

: where energy comes from in California

Energy Glossary









Commercial energy use – general info

: commercial energy saving tips; also go to the right column and click on tips for lighting, HVAC, etc.

: energy tips for business customers

: Commercial Office Buildings Best Practices Guide

PG&E's commercial building survey data is here:

This is a great resource for understanding how energy is used in different types of buildings.

High Performance Schools, School Energy Efficiency

: Collaborative for High Performance Schools

: high performance school interactive classroom demo

: high performance schools videos

: Green Schools program

Web-sites for case studies

Use this database first:

: buildings database, use the bottom right arrow to go to the energy, cost sections and pictures.

Additional case studies are available at:

: California Green Buildings

: whole building design case studies

: green building case studies

: case studies

: William McDonough

’ access to customized case studies

Energy efficiency case studies:

Architecture 2030:

Buildings database, New Buildings Institute:

: Case Studies

: commercial case studies

Web-sites for home energy audits

: home energy tour

Take a tour of a typical house to learn about energy saving opportunities

Do the Home Energy Checkup



(instructions)

For a more comprehensive audit, go to:

; Home Energy Saver

: energy saving tips

: home energy use breakdown

: utility bill benchmarking: compare your home to other homes to see how well you are doing

: where energy dollars go in a home

: more detailed tips

Global warming resources









Green Classrooms













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