Author: Per-Erik NilssonPublisher:
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Category : Schools
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Learning from Experiences with Energy Savings in Schools
Author: Per-Erik NilssonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Schools
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Why Should I Save Water?
Author: Energy Efficiency in Schools and Colleges
Author: J. R. CoadIntroducing Principles of Environmental Comfort and Control to Support Energy Conservation in Education Buildings
Author: Mahboobeh KeshavarzPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The construction of green schools in the U.S. has considerably soared in recent years. Sustainably designed schools come from not only energy savings, but also from wide-ranging, measurable student health and performance benefits associated with natural light and improved environmental quality. The flip side of sustainable buildings, however, is that technology and controls introduce a new level of complexity compared to conventional buildings. Building owners and occupants find it very difficult to navigate these controls. This results in an increase in energy expenditure of the buildings, while users fail to appreciate their environmental comfort. Therefore, education on environmental comfort in spaces and identifying building controls seems of great significance. By the same token, decisions made with regard to the operation of the controls by building users need special attention as it is directly related to energy saving. This study investigates the effect of Project-based Learning on increasing the knowledge level and changing attitudes and actions of green building occupants to conserve energy. Project-based Learning is an educational method where individuals are required to learn and apply the concepts through experience. Using this method enables building users to find answers to the real-world problems by testing their ideas while working in groups. This learning approach has also the capability to translate into changes in building users' attitudes and actions related to energy conservation. To study the effect of this learning approach, data was collected from a total of 119 students from APD design community (Seaton and Regnier-newly constructed green school) at Kansas State University. A pre-knowledge survey was conducted initially to capture the general knowledge of the participants about comfort and controls. For the experiment, a series of class lectures and activities were devised to which students, based on the group they were categorized in, were exposed. The students for this study were grouped under three categories: 1) Traditional Learning group (control group) in which students required to only watch class lectures, 2) Individual Project-based Learning group in which students had to complete a series of individual class activities in addition to the tasks assigned to the control group, and 3) Peer Project-based Learning group in which students were asked to do peer-to-peer interaction for the class activities in addition to the tasks assigned to the other groups. After the experiment concluded, a follow-up survey was conducted to evaluate the impact of the activities on the improvements in knowledge and controls' operation level of participants based on students' self-report. By analyzing the results from the experiment, this study identifies that the groups that have received Project-based Learning module, generally, have used building lighting and dimming controls more than the control group. Particularly, the Peer PBL group was identified to be the group with significant change in knowledge level in this study. Class activities and peer interaction have highly affected students' perspective towards energy savings and environmental satisfaction. Findings from the experiment confirmed that peers were recognized to be extremely influential in raising participants' awareness and motivation towards operation of the controls, energy conservation, and environmental comfort.
Energy Efficiency
Author: Gary StugginsPublisher:
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Category : Electronic book
Languages : en
Pages :
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Energy Efficiency in Schools and Colleges
Author: Community-scale and Research-based Integrated Education Experience
Author: Sergio TarantinoPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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The building industry is moving towards increased use of data-driven methods for designing, building, and operating sustainable, energy-efficient buildings. The adoption of these methods requires technologically skilled employees and education programs for these skills. The purpose of this thesis is to show that by aligning community, education, and industry stakeholders, a data-driven, project-based education platform can be developed that creates a pathway for generating such employees and a platform for investigating building energy efficiency and sustainability. The methodology for developing this project-based education platform hinges on partnering with stakeholders from community organizations, education, building operations, building energy efficiency, and construction. I approached the development of the education platform from my standing as researcher in civil and environmental engineering. In order to integrate industry and academia, I partnered with stakeholders who represent construction trades and K-12 education. Together we laid the groundwork for leveraging school district green energy facility projects funded by California Proposition 39 to build an education platform that follows the facilities project process. Through the last two decades of work from Stanford University's Project Based Learning (PBL) Lab, adoption of PBL created an environment for learning-by-doing in which students from different schools and countries successfully apply classroom knowledge to solve real world design problems, become student mentors, and interact with industry. Additionally, the K-12 collaborators to this thesis project have started using PBL. I have planned course modules leveraging Project Based Learning (PBL) to enable multiple levels of education to collaborate within one course. Then, I began partnering with local K-12 teachers to develop the core of the education platform: a building energy efficiency and sustainability course module. These partnerships with the construction trades, K-12 educators, and affiliated education programs are presently ongoing. Overall, this thesis presents an education platform that (1) uses a real building to teach energy efficient building design and operation and (2) partners students with industry. The presented platform integrates students from the secondary, apprentice, undergraduate, and graduate levels. This platform targets underrepresented communities where environmental justice is an everyday reality, college is often an unrealized path, and opportunities in the construction industry are a pathway to financial security.
Energy Savings in Schools
Author: Energy Efficiency OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Energy-efficient Schools
Author: Christie ReweyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Author: Sabrina L. Karl