Competition+Criteria

Schoolgen Sustainable Houses Competition Criteria

The Criteria 1.Students are to design a cutting-edge energy-efficient house which uses solar energy as effectively as possible. 2.A team of three students will work collaboratively to design, and then build, a scale model of an energy-efficient house. 3.The design must make use of the sun's free energy through thoughtful design using currently available technologies. 4.The footprint of the model should be no larger than 1m2. 5.The scale model is not submitted as part of the entry. Instead the students will produce a video clip up to five minutes long that can be uploaded to the internet (and provide us with the link to find it) and which will show the creative team displaying, describing and explaining their model energy-efficient house. 6.A folder/portfolio/blog or poster will also be required that: a.Documents the concept development through the use of sketches, plans, photos, sources of inspiration etc. b.Describes the key building design features. c.Explains scientific/technological aspects of why these features were chosen. d.References all the books, websites, magazines, and communications with key consultants. 7.The student team are to be the sole researchers, designers and builders of the energy-efficient house. 8.The task is open-ended and can be taken as far as the students are able to in terms of the innovation of the building design and the technological and scientific concepts utilised. 9.The student team will be briefed and supervised by a lead teacher in their school who must confirm in writing that the energy-efficient house has been undertaken and completed by the students themselves and that any external adult advice is referred to in the references.