Energy Efficient Home Design
Every home building requires satisfactory functioning of building services so that the occupants of the home can live a luxurious life. If all the services are working in proper condition, then only one can enjoy a pleasant stay in the building.
Normally there are many services that are running simultaneously in a home building. Some of these services are
1) Plumbing system
2) Electric supply
3) Drainage system
4) Air conditioning
5) Security systems
All these systems are a necessary component of every habitable architectural space. There are many ways to make a home building energy efficient by using simple techniques. Let’s have a look at a few examples and see how easy it is to go for energy efficient home design.
Example 1>
Let’s say that you have a backyard garden around your home and the home plot has a slope towards front yard. That mean the backyard level is higher than the front yard level as compared to the road level.
Now it is a wise decision to build a small water tank in the front margin of the home. This could be a sunken tank so that it does not appear as a visual obstruction. This water tank can be used to collect extra rainwater, which flows naturally towards front yard because of the pull of gravity.
This will serve two purposes. You will save electricity by not using a pump. Secondly you can use a system called as “rain water harvesting” to recycle the rainwater and reuse for toilets and other drainage purposes.
Example 2>
Let’s say that your master bedroom is facing the direct, which receives direct sunlight. In that case you can plant tall trees on the edge so that they cut off direct harsh sunlight. This will greatly reduce your need of using an air-conditioner cutting off your electricity bill.
Another way of cutting direct sunlight is to design the windows in an inclined manner so that the sides of the windows (like a bay window) cut off most of the sunlight and instead can shadows on the adjacent wall to keep the external wall surface cooler.
These were just two small examples of what can be done to adopt an energy efficient home design solution. Many more options can be easily designed if enough attention is given at the actual site details of the home building.
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