Roel Kerremans

4/28/14
Grade 10 Blue
Google sketch up
Guiding questions:
1. o! much energ" does a pool heater user per month#
$ home !ith a pool uses 4%& more electricit" and 1%& more natural gases. $ 'amil"
!ith a pool pa"s around ()00 more a month then a 'amil" !ithout a pool.
2. o! much mone" does it cost to heat "our pool 'or a month#
*ocation +eason ,emperature
-8. 80. 82.
/iami 1/1012/11 (1100 (1420 (184)
3ith / co4er 1/1012/11 (21) (100 (410
5' "ou use a co4er "ou could sa4e up to 88)6141) dollars.
1. o! much !aste 7pollution8 does a pool heater produce per month#
5 couldn9t 'ind an" sources to help me ans!er this question.
4. o! much energ" does a :asic si;e solar panel produce#
$ moderate si;e solar po!er can produce 1<1)0 !att per "ear.
). o! much energ" does a pool heater need to heat a pool#
,he unit o' measure 5 am using id B,=s. ,his stands 'or British thermal unit. ,his unit
tells "ou ho! much energ" is needed to heat "our pool. $ pool that !as 10 meters in
length and ) meters in !idth !ould need 10<)00 B,=s. ,hat !ould :e roughl"
11 0-8 082.) >oules
2. $re solar panels !ater proo'#
?es< "es solar panels are !aterproo'. +olar panels are used all o4er the !orld. /an"
people ha4e them on the roo' o' there homes. @or eAample people in Bngland put solar
panels on their roo's. 5n Bngland it rains a lot and their solar panels al!a"s !ork.
-. o! !ill a solar po!er pool heater :e :etter 'or the en4ironment#
$ solar po!ered pool heater !ill :e :etter 'or the en4ironment :ecause less gas !ill :e
released into the air. *ess greenhouse gases !ill :e released. 5' "ou use a gas po!ered
pool heater there is less chance that "our pool !ill :e polluted. ,he pollution that "our
pool heater produces can go into "our !ater and that means that the pool needs to :e
cleaned !hich means that more equipment needs to :e used and that could damage the
en4ironment.
8. Can solar panels come in di''erent colors#
?ou can ha4e an" color on "ou panels. ?ou don9t get these colors >ust :ecause "ou
solar panels ha4e 'ake color. ,he sun and the amount o' energ" that it a:sor:s !ill
create the color. ,hese solar panels are less e''icient.
Design Brie' and Design +peci'ication
5 am going to make a solar po!ered pool heater. /" solar po!ered pool heater !ill :e
di''erent 'rom an" other than "ou seen :e'ore. /" solar panels !ill not :e 10m 'rom the
pool and a !ire gi4es the pool the energ". ,he solar panels !ill :e :uilt into the pool.
,he solar panels !ill :e the tiles that surround the pool. ,hat !h" one o' m" guiding
questions !as E$re solar panels !aterproo'.F 5' 5 make the solar panels the tiles people
!ill :e !alking on them and !ater !ill :e splashed on top. 5 think :" doing this 5 !ill :e
using less space in "our garden and it !ill look 4er" 'uturistic. 5 also think that placing the
solar panels that close to the pool !ill help the pool heater 'aster. 5 !ill :e looking at a
pool that is 10m long and )m !ide. ,he tiles !ill :e a:out 40cm !ide and a meter long. 5
researched solar po!ered pool heaters a'ter 5 chose to do it and 5 'ound out that< the"
alread" eAist. ,he reason 5 !anted to make a solar po!ered pool heater is :ecause 5
!ant to sa4e the planet. $ll the time "ou hear people sa"ing and "ou read a:out ho! !e
need to stop using so much 'ossil 'uels and !e are polluting the air. 5 didn9t !ant to >ust
look at cars 5 !anted to look at something not man" people !ould think o'. 5 think that !e
can9t >ust change the cars< :oat and planes. 3e also ha4e to think a:out the smaller
things :ecause the" are also impacting the en4ironment. Gust :ecause "ou don9t notice it
doesn9t mean it is not hurting the en4ironment. ,here is another reason !h" 5 !anted to
create a solar po!ered pool heater is :ecauseH m" holida" house has a pool. ,he area
!here m" holida" house is e4er":od" has a pool. 5 thought that i' 5 could tr" and
con4ince m" dad to change our pool heater to solar po!er ma":e he could spread the
!ord that solar po!er pool heater is not :ad. $'ter he had told people the" could
research solar po!ered pool heater and ma":e the" !ould change their pool heater to.
$ small :onus o' choosing this is that 5 can create m" o!n pool.
Design +peci'ication
1. ,he tiles o' the pool must look like solar panels. 5 !ill make the solar panels a dark
color so that more energ" is a:sor:ed.
2. ,he pool 5 create must :e a rectangle.
1. ,he pool must 'it !ith an ordinar" house.
4. ,he solar panels !ill not :e 'lat :ecause 5 don9t !ant people to slip on the panels. 5
!ill :uild small :umps so that people !ill ha4e more grip.
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