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Construction

Enclosure Design

​MATERIALS:
Fescue Grass Sod Roll
Plywood 
1x1 Wood (to make brackets)
Water-Resistant Black Tape
Metal Mesh
Flat-head push Pins (to attach mesh)
Wood glue
Nut/bolt (with Black Tape to seal 'spaces'/assembly together)
Screws (for brackets)
Humidity/Temperature Sensor - from a Elegoo Uno Project Super Starter Kit

COST: 
$40 Elegoo Uno Project Super Starter Kit (Amazon)
$35 Plywood 
$25-40 Water-Resistant Tape
$10 Fescue Sod (8.34 SF, Lowe's Garden Center)
$15-20 Metal Mesh
$2.11/ea. Zinc Plated Hex Bolt​ (Everbilt 1/2 in.-13 x 6 in. from HomeDepot)
$0.26/ea. Zinc Plated Hex Nut (Everbilt 1/2 in.-13 from HomeDepot)

TOOLS REQUIRED: 
Drill Press 
Screw Driver 
Pilot Hole Drill 
Bandsaw OR Table Saw 
Ruler 
Clamps 

BUILDING PROCESS:
1. Cut wood pieces for each side of the box and the plant-holding assembly, drill holes in the end of the box (opposite the planted side) for air in and out. Make 4 'filters' to attach to panted assembly to make 25%, 50%, and 75% exposure within the testing space. 
2. Glue/assemble boxes (clamps, wood glue)
3. Assemble planted filter - two pieces of plywood hosting holes as descried above lined with metal mesh that sandwich a wooden frame holding the grass in place (frame lined also with water resistant tape). 
4. Situate sensors
5. TEST

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  • Projects
    • Environment Box
    • Passive Refrigeration
    • Water Cooling
    • Fog Catching
    • Roof Geometries
    • Optimal Insulation
    • Cooler Windcatcher
    • Green Machine
    • Mitigating Humidity
    • Convective Air Flow
    • Styrene Reuse
    • Thermal Reflection
    • ETFE Rigidification
    • Phase Change Materials
    • Polar Reflection
    • Cavity Depth Variation
    • Vapor Permeability
    • Algae Facade
    • Moisture Buffering
    • Engineered Geometries
    • Recycled Desiccant Materials
    • Living Wall
    • Solar Shading Facades
    • SHADESin.reACTION
    • Low-Fab Dehumidification
    • Breathing Wall
    • Urban Heat Island
    • Acoustical Design
    • Latent Heat of PCM's
    • Insulative Qualities of Air
  • About
  • Lectures
    • Building Science Basics I
    • Building Science Basics II
    • Research & Literature Review
    • Scales of Fabrication
    • Electronics
    • Methodology
    • Graphical Excellence
    • Moving Graphics
  • Assignments
    • 1: Research Proposal
    • 2: Prototype
    • 3: Data
    • 4: Design Proposal
    • Presentation & Paper
  • Workshops
    • Thermal Scavenger Hunt
    • Balance Point Game
    • Advanced Shop Training
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