Housing & Technology Chapter 3
Construction Methods Conventional Construction – Materials are cuts and assembled piece by piece on-site (stick built) Systems-Built Home – Parts are manufactured in a factory and put together on-site (modular home) Manufactured Home (Pre-fab) – House is built completely at a factory and then transported to the site-(mobile home)
Construction Videos Modular Home Video cHZp4Nkok Manufactured Home Video: mH0HHIspC4
Natural Materials Wood – Hardwood: broad-leafed trees – Softwood: coniferous trees Stone – Quarrying Brick – Baked clay Stucco Coniferous Broad Leaf
Manufactured Materials Engineered Wood Products – Composite lumber Concrete – Mixture of gravel, cement, & water – Aerated concrete is lighter-weight and more insulating Steel Foam Plastic
Green Building Use Recycled Materials – Biomaterials- organically-based building materials manufactured from recycled matter Reduce Energy Usage – Solar energy, geo-thermal heat Use Less Material
Green Building Videos green-building-works-video.htm green-building-works-video.htm Ted Talk Video-Reclaimed Building green-building-works-video.htm
Homework Start working on chapter 3 packet. Due Friday, November 6 th.