Download or read book Learning from Experiences with Energy Savings in Schools written by Per-Erik Nilsson and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Why Should I Save Water written by Jen Green and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 2005-02-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children learn that clean water is one of our most precious natural resources. In this book, boys and girls are told about dozens of ways in which they and their families can avoid wasting water. Part of every child's development involves asking questions. Today, some of the most important questions kids ask are related to the natural environment. The enlightening and entertaining four-book Why Should I? series demonstrates the importance of protecting nature. Books present brief, entertaining stories that answer children's questions and feature amusing color illustrations on every page. A note at the back of each book is for parents and teachers, suggesting ways to use these books most effectively.
Download or read book Energy Efficiency in Schools and Colleges written by J. R. Coad and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Introducing Principles of Environmental Comfort and Control to Support Energy Conservation in Education Buildings written by Mahboobeh Keshavarz and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Energy Efficiency written by Gary Stuggins and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Energy Efficiency in Schools and Colleges written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Community scale and Research based Integrated Education Experience written by Sergio Tarantino and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Energy Savings in Schools written by Energy Efficiency Office and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Energy efficient Schools written by Christie Rewey and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Community Energy Efficiency Projects written by Sabrina L. Karl and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Improving Energy Efficiency written by United States Air Force Academy. Library and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bibliography was prepared to assist participants in the 21st Air Force Academy Assembly to be held at the Academy on 16-21 April 1979. It represents a selected portion of the Air Force Academy Library's holdings on the topic indicated.
Download or read book Teaching and Learning of Energy in K 12 Education written by Robert F. Chen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-04-09 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents current thoughts, research, and findings that were presented at a summit focusing on energy as a cross-cutting concept in education, involving scientists, science education researchers and science educators from across the world. The chapters cover four key questions: what should students know about energy, what can we learn from research on teaching and learning about energy, what are the challenges we are currently facing in teaching students this knowledge, and what needs be done to meet these challenges in the future? Energy is one of the most important ideas in all of science and it is useful for predicting and explaining phenomena within every scientific discipline. The challenge for teachers is to respond to recent policies requiring them to teach not only about energy as a disciplinary idea but also about energy as an analytical framework that cuts across disciplines. Teaching energy as a crosscutting concept can equip a new generation of scientists and engineers to think about the latest cross-disciplinary problems, and it requires a new approach to the idea of energy. This book examines the latest challenges of K-12 teaching about energy, including how a comprehensive understanding of energy can be developed. The authors present innovative strategies for learning and teaching about energy, revealing overlapping and diverging views from scientists and science educators. The reader will discover investigations into the learning progression of energy, how understanding of energy can be examined, and proposals for future directions for work in this arena. Science teachers and educators, science education researchers and scientists themselves will all find the discussions and research presented in this book engaging and informative.
Download or read book How People Learn written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-08-11 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First released in the Spring of 1999, How People Learn has been expanded to show how the theories and insights from the original book can translate into actions and practice, now making a real connection between classroom activities and learning behavior. This edition includes far-reaching suggestions for research that could increase the impact that classroom teaching has on actual learning. Like the original edition, this book offers exciting new research about the mind and the brain that provides answers to a number of compelling questions. When do infants begin to learn? How do experts learn and how is this different from non-experts? What can teachers and schools do-with curricula, classroom settings, and teaching methodsâ€"to help children learn most effectively? New evidence from many branches of science has significantly added to our understanding of what it means to know, from the neural processes that occur during learning to the influence of culture on what people see and absorb. How People Learn examines these findings and their implications for what we teach, how we teach it, and how we assess what our children learn. The book uses exemplary teaching to illustrate how approaches based on what we now know result in in-depth learning. This new knowledge calls into question concepts and practices firmly entrenched in our current education system. Topics include: How learning actually changes the physical structure of the brain. How existing knowledge affects what people notice and how they learn. What the thought processes of experts tell us about how to teach. The amazing learning potential of infants. The relationship of classroom learning and everyday settings of community and workplace. Learning needs and opportunities for teachers. A realistic look at the role of technology in education.
Download or read book Schools written by Carbon Trust and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Teaching and Learning of Energy in K 12 Education written by Robert F. Chen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents current thoughts, research, and findings that were presented at a summit focusing on energy as a cross-cutting concept in education, involving scientists, science education researchers and science educators from across the world. The chapters cover four key questions: what should students know about energy, what can we learn from research on teaching and learning about energy, what are the challenges we are currently facing in teaching students this knowledge, and what needs be done to meet these challenges in the future? Energy is one of the most important ideas in all of science and it is useful for predicting and explaining phenomena within every scientific discipline. The challenge for teachers is to respond to recent policies requiring them to teach not only about energy as a disciplinary idea but also about energy as an analytical framework that cuts across disciplines. Teaching energy as a crosscutting concept can equip a new generation of scientists and engineers to think about the latest cross-disciplinary problems, and it requires a new approach to the idea of energy. This book examines the latest challenges of K-12 teaching about energy, including how a comprehensive understanding of energy can be developed. The authors present innovative strategies for learning and teaching about energy, revealing overlapping and diverging views from scientists and science educators. The reader will discover investigations into the learning progression of energy, how understanding of energy can be examined, and proposals for future directions for work in this arena. Science teachers and educators, science education researchers and scientists themselves will all find the discussions and research presented in this book engaging and informative.
Download or read book Energy Efficiency in Schools written by Great Britain. Energy Efficiency Office and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
