1. Passive Housing
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2. Activity 1
Create a model of a passive home with accompanying
workings drawings.
Pupils should draw on their knowledge of passive
design from previous lessons.
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3. Working Drawings
Working drawing of home must include the following:
Ground floor must include the following: Kitchen,
Office, Living area, Utility, Bathroom.
First floor must include: Three bedrooms, Bathroom
and Storage room
Pupils should indicate front, back of the house on the
drawings in relation to North, South, East and West
direction.
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4. Working drawings
Ground floor
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5. Working Drawings
First floor
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6. Model of passive home
Pupils are to make model homes of a passive home
which will show the following:
Position of windows (with emphasis on size) in
relation to room it represents from working drawings.
Positioning of solar heat collectors
Orientation of home on base (in accordance to
working drawing)
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7. Aims of activity
Pupils will show an understanding of how rooms
should be placed in home to make best use of natural
daylight (working drawings)
Pupils will show what size windows would be used on
each facade of the home in relation to where the
positioned the rooms in their working drawings
Pupils will develop their knowledge of passive home
design from creating working drawing and model
home which are interlinked.
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8. Activity 2
Foundation Modelling
Traditional Strip Foundation vs. Passive Insulated
Foundation
Pupils will create sectional models of both
foundations. When the models are created pupils will
identify where cold bridging is likely to occur in the
traditional strip foundation. The pupils will then be
able to identify how this has been prevented in the
passive insulated foundation.
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9. Aims of activity
Pupils will identify where cold bridging may occur in
traditional strip foundation (internal and external
walls)
Pupils will create models of both foundations which
will improve their craft skills and also help them
visualize how foundations are created.
Pupils identify how insulated foundation prevents
cold bridging
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