Draw Your Own Passive Home Draw your own passive home on an 8 by 11 blank paper.
Include the essential components required to make homes that are heated by the Sun but also stay cool in the summer.
Label your home and include any other necessary information.
Include the following detail in your drawings. For example:
What size window does it have? Does the size of the window make a difference?
Which way is north?
Did you include any window coverings?
What is in the yard? (trees, specifically deciduous trees, to provide shade in summer and let the sun in during winter.)
Color is the house
What are the outside walls made of?
One-paragraph explanation - summarizes how the energy required to heat a passive solar home can be 50-70% less than a traditional home. You should explain that the energy from the sun is used to heat a passive solar home during the day rather than relying on a furnace, which uses energy from natural gas and/or electricity.