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.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Recording of online educator workshop to share lessons and ways of integrating Sketchbox building energy modeling tool into high school and technical college classrooms. Google folder link to Slides seen in recording: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CVNzAhodsU92iBJZf2n_PFEQ_uZwAR00?usp=drive_link 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: Lesson Plan
Lesson Template and instructions for participants in 2023 Building Energy Modeling - Sketchbox
Material Type: Lesson Plan
