CAN THE COLOR OF YOUR HOUSE REDUCE YOUR ENERGY FOOTPRINT?

INTRODUCTION
My lab is exploring, can the color of your house affect the temperature inside of it? My objective of this lab is to experiment with different dark and light colored boxes on a hot and cool day and see how the temperatures vary. As black absorbs more heats and white reflects it.

HYPOTHESIS
My hypothesis is showing how I am going to use shoe boxes in place of the houses to test how the temperatures change and vary. I have already inferred that the black painted box will be at a higher temperature than the white painted box.

MATERIALS

• White shoe box
• Black shoe box
• Three thermometers
• Warm enviornment

METHODS/PROCEDURE

• Collect two shoeboxes, one black and the other white.
• Place a thermometer in boxes, place the boxes on the table add an extra thermometer, after 15 minutes record the temperatures
• Place the lids back on all of the boxes and let them sit in room temperature
• After 15 minutes record all of the temperatures
• Take off the lids and place them outside to test a sunny day
• After 15 minutes record each temperature

DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS
The temperatures varied a bit of increase and decrease within the boxes. In the white one it was a few degrees cooler and the black one was a few degrees warmer.

CONCLUSION
From my overall experiment my hypothesis was stated correct as my data that I had collected showed how my black box was at a bit of a higher temperature than my white from absorbing the sunlight's heat rather than reflecting off of it.