Winter Garden Design

Students of the ARC3964 Issues in Sustainability course completed a fun and informative project. As part of the project, students designed winter gardens and built their models. The winter gardens, which collect solar heat and retain it as much as possible, were tested on a cold but sunny day at the BAU North Campus.

Although the outdoor temperature was 16°C, some of the winter gardens reached temperatures as high as 100°C. The students came up with highly creative solutions using mirrors, lenses and various insulation materials.

The students used their results to examine which factors affect the heat retention capacity of the winter gardens.