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References
Chiras, D. (2010). Passive Solar Retrofit. Home Power, 138. Retrieved from
http://www.homepower.com/
Passive Solar retrofit is an article based on home efficiency and how, as a house owner,
you can decrease your need for grid-based energy and use the sun as a substitute. It brings
very detailed instructions on the different aspects of sustainability and shows how you
can outfit your home very simply.
This will help us very much as passive solar integration is extremely easy, yet important
aspect of designing a home that successfully brings active/passive techniques as well as
carbon neutrality in one. This source is also very reliable as the article is professionally
designed and comes across as a quality source.
Darby, M. (2016). Solar panel costs predicted to fall 10% a year. The Guardian, 23. Retrieved
from https://www.theguardian.com
This article from The Guardian outlines how solar panel costs are predicted to fall 10
percent a year from now on. This conclusion of Oxford University is based on forecasting
new research models which depict a downward trend in the coming years. Solar energy,
as we all know, is something that has been getting more economically feasible in the
recent years, but a prediction of a 10 percent drop is very astonishing. The article also
states that the International Energy Agency assumes solar panels will generate 16% of
electricity in 2050. This is a significant amount as most of the worlds energy today
comes from non-renewable sources.

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This source is very reliable as the author has written many other articles and the data
presented in the article is cited from official sources. This article will help estimate costs
and renewable payback times in our project as well as provide a greater context to the
design process.
Gilpin, L. (2015). 8 crazy new solar research breakthroughs. TechRepublic, 71. Retrieved from
http://www.techrepublic.com/
This last article is based on 8 innovative breakthroughs in solar research. Since solar
energy is the primary way of powering all electric based appliances, breakthroughs in
research can be very beneficial to cost projections in the house. This article will provide
out housing development with a more innovative approach to solar energy and will help
us to make smarter decisions about where to place solar fixtures. An example of this is
thin film solar, a photovoltaic material that can attach to a substrate like silicon. This
could be attached to a roof of a house which will provide it with the aspect of solar
power, without big, bulky panels lining the surface area of the roof.
This source is the least reliable as the article is very loosely written but were primarily
using it for pictures, increasing its reliability. This article will provide us with the
knowledge to make a truly futuristic housing development with state-of-the-art
techniques.
Guy, A., & Barakat, B., & Samir, K., & Lutz, W. (2016). Meeting the Sustainable Development
Goals leads to lower world population growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences, 70(5): 11386. doi:10.1073/1611386113

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This journal article from ScienceDaily brings a very complex idea to the forefront of
sustainable development. The article states that according to a new study, achieving the
sustainable development goals would lead to population growth below even the lower
bound of recent UN probabilistic population projections. This is another unknown benefit
of sustainable development as population growth is another very prevalent and important
issue that if not addressed, will lead to a shortage of the worlds food supply and other
hidden consequences.
This journal is very reliable as all the data is cited officially and it comes from an
accredited website that is known to be reliable for science-related matters. This article
puts the movement for sustainable development in context of bigger world pictures and
will help our project to be related to bigger world problems.
Williams, A. (2014). Green living: Top 10 Sustainable Houses. New Atlas. Retrieved from
http://newatlas.com/
This article is a list of houses that the author deemed were top 10 sustainable houses in
the world. The article features many houses that I have seen before but what makes this
source special is that it has detailed descriptions for each house. This site also considers
architecture as well as engineering, which helps to give a better overall description of the
house.
This article is going to be used for the inspiration and engineering techniques and since
its purpose is informing the reader on sustainable housing designs, it is classified as a
reliable source. Using this article is going to be very useful when looking for design ideas
for our houses as this site gives a detailed variety. I will be using this article extensively

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when our group is out of ideas or needs inspiration for a new design. This article also
helps us with current prevalence of the designs we choose to use as most of the outlines
featured in this article have date of creation(s).