Summary of Tech Reading

     In the informative article title new Science and Life Interacted During the American Industrial Revolution compiled by Danny Blas, he explains how technology changed the way we live because of the inventions like elevators and steel. 

 Technology changed the way people moved around because trains, cars, and subways were invented. Steel allowed the production of these inventios.

     Technology changed the way we read and learned because news paper were more affordable therefor more people were able to read about the things going on in the world.

A passive house is a house that is specially design to maximaze the heat gain during winter and minimize the heat loss during the winter. Also it is specially design to maintain a cool temperature in the house.

     To certify a house as a green passive house, first it most meet 3 bench marks. First it has to achieve a certain level of airtightness. Second it has to passed two test which are to show that the house is energy efficient. Engineers use fog machines and infrared rays to locate air leaks in the house.

     Some residents living in older, more expensive houses would disagree with this new house style because they believe that these new houses don't go or complement their houses, there for their propertie values could decrease.