Energy Solution Final Project Guidelines

In general terms, sustainability is the capacity of systems and processes to endure and thrive.
Sustainable development seeks to balance economic development, social development, and
environmental protection equally. Discuss the concept of sustainability as it applies to the
development of bioenergy systems.

A sustainable transportation system is one that is accessible, affordable, efficient, and achieves
the highest practical standards for safety, human health, and environmental quality.

There are a variety of ways that we can change the energy consumption, production, etc. It is
your task to decide what the best solution to this problem is and debate that point with the rest of
the class.

Your job is to find the best way Waverly/WSR can become more energy efficient. You will
develop a proposal to argue your solution to the class. This is a three part project. All three parts
will make up your group's final project proposal that you will present to the class. As a class we
will vote on the best proposed solution and work on submitting that for approval in the
community/school district.

Requirements:

Please read through the guidelines for each of the three parts carefully before submitting any
work.

Design a Solution: Part One

1. What should we do and why? (Scale of the project)

a. High school?
b. District wide?
c. City of Waverly?
2. Background information
a. What is it?
b. Why will it help?
3. How does it work?
4. Three Examples of existing success/site comparisons
a. Three different, specific places, not just people
5. What adaptations/modifications can you make to WSR or Waverly based on the
existing success?
6. Resources
a. At least five reliable sources
b. Copy and paste the URL below
Design a Solution: Part Two

Your goal for this section of the project is to contact a person via email or phone call who has
knowledge about your particular solution to WSR or Waverlys energy usage.

1. Who is you contact person?

a. Name:
b. Job Title:
c. Why is this person a credible resource?
2. What insightful information have you gained about your proposal/project from your
contact person?
3. What steps would you need to take as a group, and us and a class, based on the
information you gained from your source?
4. Resources
a. If you used any resources for this section of the project, besides your contact
person, please copy and paste the URL below.

Design a Solution: Part Three

Your goal for this section of the project is to create a prototype to demonstrate you solution for
improving the energy efficiency of WSR/Waverly. You can choose of the three options below as
your prototype.

Create a video
Draw out a blueprint/plan
Build a model

Guidelines:

1. How is this prototype going to best demonstrate your plan for improving the energy
efficiency of WSR/Waverly?
2. What materials will you need to create your prototype?
3. What steps would you need to take as a group to create your prototype?
Rubric:
36-40 (A) 35-32 (B) 31-28 (C) 27-24 (D)

Research The data and The content contains The content contains The content contains
facts presented one inaccuracy, and more than one many inaccuracies,
are evidence content is partially inaccuracy, content is content is not cited,
based from cited with credible occasionally cited, and/or credible
reliable sources. sources. The analysis and/or credible sources are visibly
All sources are and explanations are sources are visibly lacking. Lacking
referenced. All incomplete. One of lacking. Lacking analysis and
content is the elements of the analysis and explanation of many
accurate. There is presentation does not explanation. More pieces. Many
a clear analysis logically flow with than one of the elements of the
and explanation the subject matter. elements of the proposal do not
of the research proposal does not logically flow with
prompt selected. logically flow with the subject matter.
The information the subject matter.
and messages
present a logical
flow.

Design The presentation/ The proposal/ The proposal/ The proposal/

proposal is presentation is presentation lacks presentation is not
highly creative adequately creative in attractiveness in attractive in terms of
in terms of terms of layout, terms of layout, layout, design,
layout, design, neatness, and design, neatness, and neatness, and
design, and interactiveness. The creativity. Data creativity. Data
neatness, and is chosen data visualizations are visualizations are
very interactive. visualization formats seen, but other almost nonexistent,
The chosen data present the data formats could have and other formats
visualization correctly, but some been chosen to better could have been
formats may be difficult for illustrate the chosen to better
make the data the viewer to data/argument for the illustrate the
presented clear understand. The viewer. The images, data/argument for the
and images, illustrations, illustrations, and viewer. The images,
simple for the and models are models used do not illustrations, and
viewer relevant but may match the subject models used do not
to understand. distract attention matter of the match the subject
The images, away from the proposal and take matter of the
Illustrations, and content of the away from the proposal and take
models match proposal. content of the away from the
the tone and presentation. content of the
subject presentation.
matter of the
topic.

Mechanic The writing of The writing contains The writing contains The writing contains
s free of spelling two or less errors. three or four errors. many (5+) errors.
and grammar
errors.