Energy Efficient Housing- Design And Build A Passive Solar Home
The big question for this project was "How can we create a comfortable home without the use of electricity, and what is the best way to power it." With our groups we were tasked to sketch a blueprint of what we think this house should look like. For this project my group was Jay Buckles, Paige Duncan and Kenny Blum.
Project #1- Design A Passive Solar Heat
We created passive solar water heaters using materials provided by the school. These materials included copper wires, aluminum foil, tin foil, a box, bottle, glue, and a thermometer. We cover the interior of the box in tin foil to absorb light and then ran a copper tube so water could move through it. One side of the tube was attached to a bottle filled with water and the other side circulating the warm water into a container and back into the bottle. The entire project was then covered with saran wrap. During the testing off this project we did face many problems. A major one was the leakage of water coming out of the 'water heater' and also we couldn't find the best angle to gain the most sunlight.
The big question for this project was "How can we create a comfortable home without the use of electricity, and what is the best way to power it." With our groups we were tasked to sketch a blueprint of what we think this house should look like. For this project my group was Jay Buckles, Paige Duncan and Kenny Blum.
Project #1- Design A Passive Solar Heat
We created passive solar water heaters using materials provided by the school. These materials included copper wires, aluminum foil, tin foil, a box, bottle, glue, and a thermometer. We cover the interior of the box in tin foil to absorb light and then ran a copper tube so water could move through it. One side of the tube was attached to a bottle filled with water and the other side circulating the warm water into a container and back into the bottle. The entire project was then covered with saran wrap. During the testing off this project we did face many problems. A major one was the leakage of water coming out of the 'water heater' and also we couldn't find the best angle to gain the most sunlight.