My Sust. House is a great interactive way to learn about building materials and their environmental impact! The game features short video clips about building materials and environmentally friendly habits that will help you save energy around the house. Then you get a budget and have to choose all your construction materials to build a complete house without running out of money. Would you choose to build your walls out of wood, brick and concrete blocks, or straw bales with a wood frame? Would your window frames be made of aluminum, soft wood or plastic? Can you choose all the best sustainable materials and still stay within your budget? Fortunately (or unfortunately depending on how you look at it), the game only tells you if your choices are ‘ok’, ‘good’, ‘brilliant’ and so forth, not ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ so to find out the best building options you’ll have to keep playing until you are satisfied your house is green enough.
Play the game here: http://www.mysusthouse.org/game.html
Play the game here: http://www.mysusthouse.org/game.html
-Daria Khramtsova, Research & Communications Intern, UNC Sustainability Office
