[Greenbuilding] "Energy House Plans and Experiments For Kids" link

[Chris Green]

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 >Design Coalition, Inc., of Madison, Wisconsin  is the state's/ /only 
full-time non-profit architectural and planning office, a Community 
Design Center.<

On their web pages, under the Publications link, you will find a link 
entitled "Energy House Plans and Experiments For Kids."
With the four PDF files there, you or your kids can build models of the 
house then experiment with changes to see which design works the best.
http://www.designcoalition.org/orders/publicat.htm

Besides being useful tools for adults, this would be a good project for 
kids, and could be something they can do for their school science 
classes. Hence the reference to "Experiments For Kids."
If you're in the planning stages of building a house, their 
participation in this way will give them a sense of empowerment.
That's always a good thing.

And their active participation/ involvement could help increase your 
available manp....,er, kidpower.

Cheers,

Chris Green.