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Instructions: Summarize the information contained in this game and post it in your portfolio.

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mysusthouse - an interactive game exploring what sustainability means and how it relates to our homes

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INVESTIGATE - What is sustainable housing?

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INVESTIGATE - What is sustainable housing?

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Instructions: Read the article below and answer the questions, with full sentences, in your portfolio.

LITERACY: COMPREHENDING

1. What does ‘sustainable’ mean?

2. What features make a building sustainable?

3. Why do we need sustainable buildings?

4. What is a ‘zero energy’ building?

5. How can your choice of whitegoods cut down on energy and water usage?

6. What natural phenomena are renewable energies produced by?

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INVESTIGATE - What is sustainable housing?

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INVESTIGATE - What is sustainable housing?

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LITERACY: COMPOSING
Instructions: Copy the picture below into an image editing app. Annotate the image to describe and promote the features and benefits of sustainable buildings. Then post the image with annotations to your portfolio.

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Discover - energy-efficient house design

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Discover - energy-efficient house design

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Add to your portfolio - Find out more about star ratings for housing design. List features that make a house energy efficient.

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Education resources for schools teachers and students - ABC Education

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ABC Education has 4000+ educational games, videos and teaching resources for schools and students. Free Primary and Secondary resources covering history, science, English, maths and more

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Use the questions below to assist you to create annotated designs of your sustainable house. The annotations will highlight the sustainable features of your house. You will need to incluse a floor plan of your house. These hand drawn designs will need to be handed in with your tasksheet.

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DESIGN - How Do I Create a Housing Sustainability Plan with Estimated costs

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DESIGN - How Do I Create a Housing Sustainability Plan with Estimated costs

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C. Figure out about how much the house will cost:

Aust
https://www.aaarchitect.com.au/home-building-costing-calculator.html
https://www.buildingcost.com.au/calculator/

UK

http://www.building-cost.net/Valuation/Start

http://costtobuild.net/calculator.php

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DESIGN - How Do I Create a Housing Sustainability Plan with Estimated costs

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DESIGN - How Do I Create a Housing Sustainability Plan with Estimated costs

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D. Find a Sustainable design feature to add to your house that works with the house you've chosen:

·       Rainwater harvesting

·       solar water heater

·       geothermal home heat

·       geothermal heat pump

·       Solar Panels

·       Residential Wind Turbine

·       Passive Solar Design

·       Landscaping for energy conservation

·       straw bale construction

·       shipping container homes

·       Cordwood Homes

·       Trombe Walls

E. Figure out the cost of your green technology.

F. Figure out how much your green technology will save the homeowner in energy costs.