http://www.triplepundit.com/2014/01/stanford-start-home-sustainable-design-puts-people-first/
Carla Botello
February 25, 2013
Physics
The three quotes that struck me are the following:
¨The Solar Decathlon's interdisciplinary challenge requires students to design, build and operate a cost-effective, energy-effective home from the drawing board up.¨
This is important because it shows almost what we are doing, which is having us as students being able to create a product from the board up and being able to present it to other people.
¨A tap could turn on a light, a swipe right could turn a dimmable fixture up, a circle motion could turn on a ceiling fan - its up to whatever the homeowner is comfortable with.¨
This is important to me because it is showing how fast technology is growing, and how it is going to be able to operate inside people houses in everyday things they do.
¨To help insure against wasting water from a forgotten or ignored open tap, the team designed a knee- activated bathroom sink. Leaning into the bar turns on the water, releasing it turns it off.¨
This is also very important to me because we can also be sustainable in the technology we are using, and save and reduce water usage at the same time.
My three questions are:
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Is technology like this being used right now?
Technology like this is still not in the market, but is working and being made.
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But isn't the technology more effective if it is included into the home already?
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How much change would it do?
This article connects to what we are doing in class because we are construction sustainable objects to present to other people as well as the Solar Decathlon is doing. By using more energy efficiency devices and saving money and the world at the same time. I think that this types of project are preparing us, as students, for life outside of school because we are learning about how their is new technology saving money and energy. And how we can all use this and be or have a more sustainable home.