Welcome to your new home in....Suburbia!

The Challenge:

Your team will design a building with an approximate volume of 4,000 cm³ (w x l x h) with a minimum of one window with an area of 150 cm² (l x w). Your building should incorporate fundamental ideas about passive solar heating that can minimize heat loss in the winter AND minimize heat gain in the summer seasons. You will also pick either solar, wind, water or battery to power up either a light or a fan within your building.

If you want to go above and beyond, you can use Scratch X to program a sprite to make a noise when the house reaches a certain temperature. You can then program me, a robot, to respond to this noise and close shutters, extend a canopy, turn on a switch, etc.

You will have a $100 budget for designing your home. You can view prices of items and see your team balance on the supply page. To purchase items, you will need to go through our classroom cashier.