From concrete to cookers: Understanding the environmental impact of buildings

从炊具到混凝土：了解建筑对环境的影响将让学童参与一个基于网络的游戏，旨在培养他们识别建筑物中二氧化碳产生的地方以及他们可以做些什么来减少二氧化碳的技能。拟议的参与项目旨在向未来几代建筑客户和作为建筑用户的公众灌输对更环保的建筑和建筑使用方法的需求。这项工作旨在提高人们对设计和施工方法(例如使用创新的建筑材料和维修方法以实现零碳建筑)在以可持续的方式保持我们的生活质量方面的潜力的认识。有必要鼓励未来的建筑用户要求使用新技术和新做法，以便它们将变得司空见惯，而不需要监管授权。该项目将持续12个月，旨在与学校日历相协调。该项目将分三个阶段进行。初始阶段将是开发阶段，将涉及教育合作伙伴和研究人员以及数据库的创建；一系列建筑模型动画和专门用于游戏和一般项目的公共界面。第二阶段将是我们的伙伴学校中的战略试点阶段，两所小学和两所中学。这一阶段将涉及根据不同年龄段的具体要求编写教育材料的反复过程。第三个也是最后一个阶段将是在学校内实施游戏和辅助材料，并对项目结果表示不满。实施的目的是满足特定学校的需要，教材的编写将允许灵活的授课方式。宣传将通过各种媒体进行，但最终将在灯塔举办的展览中结束，并展示学校的工作。

From cookers to concrete: Understanding the environmental impact of buildings will engage school children in a web-based game designed to develop their skills in recognising where carbon dioxide is produced in buildings and what they can do to reduce it. The proposed engagement project aims to instil demand for more environmentally benign methods of construction and building use in future generations of construction clients and the public as building users. The work seeks to increase awareness of the potential that marked shifts in design and construction methods (such as the use of innovative construction materials and servicing methods to achieve zero-carbon buildings)) have for maintaining our quality of life in a sustainable manner. It is necessary to inspire future building users to demand the use of new technologies and new practices so that they will become commonplace without need for regulatory mandate. The project will last twelve months and has been designed to coordinate with the school calendar. The project will be evolve over three phases. The initial phase will be the development phase and will involve the educational partners and researchers and the creation of a database; a series of building model animations and a public interface for the game specifically and the project in general. The second phase will be a strategic piloting phase within our partner schools, two at primary level and two at secondary. This phase will involve an iterative process of developing educational material tuned to the specific requirements of the different age groups. The third and final phase will be the implementation of the game and support material within the schools and the dissmenation of the project outcomes. The implementation will be designed to meet the needs of the specific schools and the material will be developed to allow a flexible delivery. The dissemination will be through various media but will culminate in an exhibition to be hosted by the Lighthouse and will showcase the work of the schools.