Best home design will form part of the forces that operate the climate. And weather patterns produced two strongest. (With no igloos in the tropics) from home. Must be designed and built to resist damage in the world that we live the natural mother is always trying to tear our buildings down.
Climate and weather also affect the comfort of our home and we can find ways to maintain temperature and humidity of our homes in the permissible levels. Great deal of design effort. Is to support the treatment of heat treatment or heat out depending on weather and season.
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Times throughout the history of American style home, we reflect. – To more or less extents. – The brightest of us to make our home within the climate more comfortable.
Residents in the deep South to create. deep porches around their low-slung homes to shade from the sun and creating a reservoir of intense cold to paint in the home.
New Englanders created a small home with small windows to protect them from winter wind and hold in the heat most. Home Grass often of sod and creating overlapped,. Was half embedded in the earth even. out swings temperature and to protect them from severe storms often sweep the plains each summer.
Easy and efficient. This strategy is necessary because the fuel for heating homes was limited. We build homes that conserve resources; We do not know not.
That. Change with age and plentiful cheap electricity and natural gas for home heating and air-conditioned first introduced in private homes. 1928. Immediately, the home does not need to respond to their environment at home easily be kept hot or cold as desired using mechanical methods, regardless of the weather outside. Little is thought to strategic and energy conservation. 1970s, when power is first we want to be is suddenly very expensive home and dull weather we want. Built for decades became expensive to heat and cold.
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But. Then what more cold. Architects and builders across the country recover from. "Lost art" of designing homes that meet climate and weather. Traditional concepts such as refugees and floor dedicated to heat again. New dialog – cooling strategies and unique ideas, such as walls. Trombe been invented.
Most interesting,. House low-power imaging techniques in new and exciting. The immediate issue is the other side. Old World inspired design. It is fun. Full-time discovery and trial.
But short-lived era. The mid-1980s fuel was cheap again and energy-efficient homes only. Design has all but forgotten.
Back to the future.
So it's no surprise. That we now find ourselves has come full circle with the price of energy and interest in improving energy efficiency in homes. This is an important concern when a study. Show up residential buildings. 21% of the country's energy.
Energy at home today that effective strategies will differ. 30 years depending on them today. Focus more on technology in the design. New materials will be developed techniques that allow more air – home death. Designed (and vast) stewards. Better energy they need to maintain human comfort.
Technical solutions can be expensive however. Because demand for construction materials in general the higher level. Windows have "high-glass" technology with low-coating. emissivity gas Argon-filled spaces and more. Three coated sheets. Thermal performance is high and may come up with. programmable thermostats and insulating ductwork. Solutions like these. Energy conservation and a key element in the home, but technology crutch should not. leaned on too hard. We also have a good design.
Designer's challenge.
If replacement cost hundreds of dollars more high-coating technology to our sunny. Window is more prudent to avoid direct sunlight as the first? If we use elements of the home itself to the window color and infrared radiation. UV?
Suppose we took better advantage than the ground temperature stability of constant temperature in our house open every square foot rather than the outer surface of the home. Elements or not to continue, rather than mechanical air conditioning to remove heat and humidity, why not try to open the window. indoor cooling breeze to porches and home?
And what if we open our mind a bit. – Stop thought about selling fashion and value. – And allowed a home we will have a way to respond to climate. And environment that we are or not.
Surprising results may be interesting and beautiful homes that cost much less to heat and cold. – Same day.
About the Author:
I have over 20 years’ experience in the field of architecture and have designed homes and buildings across the country.
I see my work as much more than just designing homes – I see residential architecture as an expression of a social art; an art with a strong responsibility to culture and environment, expressed in its enrichment of family life and by its contribution to community.
I truly love my work, and look forward to sharing the excitement of the custom design process with you.
Richard Taylor, AIA
President
Richard Taylor Architects, LLC
Residential Architects
Article Source: ArticlesBase.com – Basics of Energy Efficient Home Design
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