These are the slides presented at the 2023 Wisconsin Technology Education Association annual conference at Chula Vista in Wisconsin Dells on March 10, 2023.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
We all know that it takes energy to provide us with the basics of shelter: heating, cooling, lighting, electricity, sanitation and cooking. To create energy-efficient housing that is practical for people to use every day requires combining many smaller systems that each perform a function well, and making smart decisions about the sources of power we use. Through five lessons on the topics of heat transfer, circuits, daylighting, electricity from renewable energy sources, and passive solar design, students learn about the science, math and engineering that go into designing energy-efficient components of smart housing that is environmentally friendly. Through numerous design/build/analyze activities, students create a solar water heater, swamp cooler, thermostat, model houses for testing, model greenhouse, and wind and water turbine prototypes. It is best if students are concurrently taking Algebra 1 in order to complete some of the worksheets.
Material Type: Full Course
This lesson explores the increase in energy use and cost due to a building expansion for an additional 150 students. The lesson was created by David Luety. It is developed for use with Sketchbox, a free building energy modeling tool that runs from a web interface and does not require a download.
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Recording of online educator workshop to share lessons and ways of integrating Sketchbox building energy modeling tool into high school and technical college classrooms. ππΌπΌπ΄πΉπ² π³πΌπΉπ±π²πΏ πΉπΆπ»πΈ ππΌ π¦πΉπΆπ±π²π ππ²π²π» πΆπ» πΏπ²π°πΌπΏπ±πΆπ»π΄:https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1atba_GD-baOn4iHYnxGFdqXb3nKTDJiW5bwa9YCxbpw/edit?usp=sharing The recording has chapters corresponding the the lessons shared: 00:00:00 Introduction to Sketchbox (Slides 13β17) 00:07:15 Navigating Sketchbox (Slides 18-24) 00:14:30 ππ²πππΌπ» π’π»π² β Intro to Building Models (Slides 30-33) 00:40:28 Clean Energy Careers Resources (Slides 39-43) 00:45:19 ππ²πππΌπ» π§ππΌ β Energy Codes and Measurements (Slides 44-57) 00:56:35 ππ²πππΌπ» π§π΅πΏπ²π² - Investigate building scheduling & Lesson Four: calculate carbon equivalent emissions avoided (Slides 71-77) 01:10:11 Q&A from chat 01:12:39 Sharing resources and Q&A with Slipstream Engineers (Slides 78-79)
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
2024 Recording of online educator webinar to share NEW lessons and ways of integrating Sketchbox building energy modeling tool into high school and technical college classrooms. ππΌπΌπ΄πΉπ² π³πΌπΉπ±π²πΏ πΉπΆπ»πΈ ππΌ π¦πΉπΆπ±π²π ππ²π²π» πΆπ» πΏπ²π°πΌπΏπ±πΆπ»π΄: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SvXtj4KLadTjuOc9-6aTage8fH9WLaDfdpCIYnCjU9E/edit?usp=sharing The recording has chapters corresponding the the lessons shared: 00:00:00 Introduction (Slides 1-10) 00:00:34 Objectives (Slides 11) 00:04:34 Overview of Sketchbox - Lesson 1 (Slides 12-28) 00:23:57 Curriculum Connections -Joe Phillips (Slides 29-31) 00:32:25 IREC Energy Careers Map tour (Slides 32-33) 00:34:30 DPI Energy Career Pathway (Slides 34-35) 00:35:46 About KEEP (Slides 36-38) 00:43:57 Clean Energy Career Videos (Slides 39) 00:44:07 Sketchbox model for Specific Buildings (Slides 41 - 54) 01:06:55 Support Features in Sketchbox (Slides 57) 01:08:16 Integrating Renewable Energy into Sketchbox - PVWatts (Slides 64) 01:12:17 Integrating Energy Efficiency into Sketchbox 01:17:46 Q&A with Slipstream (Slides 71-72)
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
Using a computer simulation, Sketchbox, students will determine how the shape of a building will affect the efficiency of that building. Using the results of the computer simulation students will draw real-world inferences about how design influences the efficiency of a building and how the efficiency of a building influences the design.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Lesson Template and instructions for participants in 2024 Building Energy Modeling - Sketchbox
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