Project Blog - Eco-House



Summary: While doing my project, I learned that carbon dioxide produces 1.22 lbs. I also learned that using solar panels will reduce the production to .16 lbs. 

 Backward-Looking: How much did you know about the subject before we started? I knew close to almost nothing about the subject before we started it (I knew about the distribution lines - I see them everyday). What I did know before we started the subject was that solar panels reduce the carbon footprint and that CO2 was a greenhouse gas.

 Inward-Looking: What does this piece tell you about yourself and how you learn? This piece tells me that I like to learn visually instead of hands on - I prefer to take notes and then write an essay based on my learning instead of doing a project that has a lot of steps to remember (building a house out of cardboard is complicated - I think I'd make a horrible construction worker). 

 Outward-Looking: What grade would you give it? Why? The grade that I would give this project is an A- because we did not label the green aspects as we were instructed to do, though we did add our green aspects and furnished it like we were supposed to. I would also give this an A- because the walls are messy and the space is cramped. One other reason is that the LED light is all the way in the crook of our house (the inside where it bends) - so evidently, the miniature people who bought our house have to keep a ladder nearby just to turn on the light. 

 Forward-Looking: What would you change if you had the chance to do this piece over again? What I would change if I had the chance to do this piece over again is I would change the spacing of the walls so it is a lot roomier and place the light somewhere else so that way when we say, "Let there be light!" (more like LED (pronounced led) there be light) we can just push the button on the side of the wall instead of having to take off of the roof and then press the button. I would also change the order of the rooms - the two bathrooms are back to back, which I find a little strange, and two of our three bedrooms are placed next to each other. So if we moved the walls and furniture around the house, then I that's what I would change - the placing of the walls and furniture.

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