Felicia's+E-fficient+Home+Project

=__**Felicia's E-fficient Home Project**__=

Summary of Research:  When building an E-fficient home, the walls of the home should be installed with two layers of drywall with a foam insulation sandwiched between them. Another design would be that because a typical home loses over 25% of its heat through windows, the windows should be further insulated, some ideas include: building double and single paned windows and installing strategically-placed windows creating a free air conditioning. Furthermore, air leakage is another problem for houses; it can be happened in places like floors, staircases, holes for wiring & plumbing, walls where they meet floors and rooflines, windows, etc. Having a good air-sealing system can help reduce utility costs by approximately 50% comparing to other houses of the same type and age. Overall, a well insulated house keeps it cooler in the summer and also maintaining its heat in winter.  List of Sources:  ·  http://www.homeadditionplus.com/home-articles-info/Tips-for-Building-an-Energy-Efficient-Home.htm   ·  http://www.healthgoods.com/Education/Healthy_Home_Information/Building_Design_and_Construction/elements_ee_house.htm  ·  http://www.dom.com/customer/efficiency/res/new_home.jsp  ·  http://www.energyefficienthomearticles.com/Article/energy-efficient-home-designsYou-Live-In-A-Solar-Home-/6735 <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">http://www.energyefficienthomearticles.com/Article/energy-efficient-home-designsThe-Energy-Efficient-Home-/5972 <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Design to Construction of House: <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">I found that by double-layering my walls and triple-layering my floor, it thickens the wall so the coldness don’t easily affect the temperature of my house. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">I insulated my windows with bubble wrap and then taped transparent plastic over both the inside and outside of the windows with bubble wrap in the middle. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">I securely taped all the corners of the house so that there wouldn’t be an air leakage, which helps me maintain the temperature of the house. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-no-proof: yes;">Buidling Procedure: <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 1. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Gather all materials, including: cutting knife, tape, double-sided tape, meter stick, cardboard box, bubble wrap, transparent plastic sleeves, and alcohol thermometer. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 2. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Separate all the sides of the cardboard box by cutting it with the cutting knife. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 3. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Measure 20x20cm on one of the sides of the cardboard using the meter stick and cut it out. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 4. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Repeat step 3. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 5. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Measure 20x30cm on another piece of cardboard using the meter stick and cut it out. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 6. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Repeat step 5 three more times. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 7. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Measure 20x20cm on the bubble wrap using the meter stick and cut it out. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 8. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Repeat step 7. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 9. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Measure 20x30cm on the bubble wrap using the meter stick and cut it out. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 10. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Repeat step 9 four more times. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 11. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Use double sided tape to tape the bubble wrap on to the cardboards, 20x20cm and 20x30cm. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 12. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Tape two layers of bubble wrap on one of the 20x30cm cardboard. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 13. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Cut out a 10x10cm window on each of the 20x20cm sides of the cardboard. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 14. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Cut out a 5x5cm window on one of the 20x30cm side of the cardboard. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 15. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Repeat step 13 and cut a 4x10cm door (don’t cut out completely) on another piece of the 20x30cm cardboard. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 16. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Cut out pieces of transparent plastic sleeves a little bigger than the windows. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 17. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Repeat step 16 using bubble wrap, size a little smaller. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 18. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Tape one piece of plastic on one side of a window and place a piece of bubble wrap inside the window and tape another piece of plastic on the other side of the window, sandwiching the bubble wrap. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 19. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Repeat step 18 with all the windows <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 20. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Securely tape the pieces of cardboard together to make a box. The 20x20cm has to the sides and the 20x30cm with windows and door has to be on the left and right and the triple-layered 20x30cm has to be the floor. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 21. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Tape all the corners and sides so there is no chance of air leakage. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 22. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Cut a hole on top of the house for the alcohol thermometer. A video of my project media type="youtube" key="nQ79SGzxFao" height="344" width="425" <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Testing Procedure: <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 1. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Place thermometers in the hole on the roof of both the designed house and the control house. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 2. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Take the initial temperature and record <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 3. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Place both houses outside. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 4. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Wait for 10 minutes <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 5. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Record the temperature. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 6. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Repeat steps 4 and 5 five more times <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> 7. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Ends up with 7 measurements

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<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Results: <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Own Designed Home
<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> Control Home compared with Designed Home <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Graph:
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Test || <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Temperature ( <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">° <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">C)  ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Initial || <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">23  ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1 || <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">3  ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2 || <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1  ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">3 || <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1  ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">4 || <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1  ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">5 || <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">3  ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">6 || <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">3  ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Test || <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Temperature ( <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">° <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">C)  ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Initial || <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">21  ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1 || <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">4  ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2 || <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">4  ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">3 || <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">3  ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">4 || <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">3  ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">5 || <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">6  ||
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">6 || <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">6  ||