In this task we were asked to make a house that would be thermally efficient and thus energy efficient to heat and cool.
Energy is transferred through three mediums, conduction - surfaces contacting and transferring energy through them, convection - natural air cycles etc, and radiation - energy transferred without a medium.
I have firstly focused on convection, pumping insulation into the walls and fiberglass roofing insulation as well as think underlay insulation underneath the think carpet. Reverse cycle air conditioning which provides the house with heating and cooling, ducts are placed in most rooms alongside reversible ceiling fans, using the fans air can be cycled around, and hot air can be recycled and cool air more effectively cool and heat rooms.
In the roof there are tiles with a reflective foil underneath which he
On the northern walls there are large windows which are protected by a full length veranda which stops the suns rays in summer where the sun is high in the sky and at its hottest, deciduous trees have leaves that in winter fall off and light and energy can penetrate.
On the south walls the windows are small and unobstructed. On the east, grass replaces concrete; grass does not reflect as well as concrete so it avoids heat reflection into the small windows, which I did not include because it is even more effective to have no east and no westerly facing windows.
My rooms used primarily in the daytime are situated to the north to catch the winter sun. Heavy double brick walls and plasterboard interior provide the house with further pumped insulation as well as the inner wall insulation.
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