This is the documentation from our sola

1. Passive Solar House

2. HMW Questions
• 10/11 HMW Questions:
• HMW make sure our house has good insulation?
• HMW make an efficient use of heat?
• HMW convert the solar energy?
• HMW keep a steady heat source?
• HMW use windows effectively?
• HMW make the heat last longest?
• HMW use dark colors to our advantage?
• HMW use materials with a high thermal mass?
• HMW use our knowledge of the sun to our advantage?

3. Brainstorming
• Some of the ideas we came
up to convert the solar energy
(into heat)?
• Dark Colors
• Solar Panels
• Insulation in Walls
• Full (constant) contact with
sunlight
• Warm Material-Fabric, Felt
• Amplifier-Magnifying Glass
• Water

4. Brainstorming
• Some of the many ideas
we came up with to make
sure our house has good
insulation were
• Dome Roof
• Latch for thermometer
• Foam
• Wool
• Insulation in Floor
• Put it out of the shade of
trees-Open Space
• Black Box
• Double Wall with
insulation in between

5. Prototyping-Phase 1
- Basic Idea:
- Four Walled House
- Double Walls
- Towels (Insulation)

6. Prototyping-Phase 2
- Dark Surface Idea:
- Painting Everything Black
- Walls
- Insulating Foam
- Using Black Duct Tape

7. Prototyping-Phase 3
- CD Design
- Four-way CD Pyramid
- CD’s on inner Walls

8. Prototyping-Phase 4
- Finding Heat Conservers
- Collecting Stones
- Spreading them in the bottom of the house

9. Prototyping-Phase 5
- Allowing more light in:
- Adding CD’s on top

10. Prototyping-Phase 6
- Final Touches
- Sealing plastic covering
- Attaching roof to base
- Adding foam to bottom to reduce conduction

11. Testing
• Our goal was to get the base temperature of
the House above 68 degrees
• We achieve a temperature of 12-15 degrees
• The final result was great but disappointing
because we found out how to make a solar
house colder than the outside temperature,
yet we never achieved our goal.