Energy efficient

You have $500,000 to construct a sustainable house for your family – you already own the land, so no money goes towards lot purchase. What energy efficient materials would you select to construct your house? What energy and water saving features would you include in your house? Which direction would your house face? How will you handle waste water to reduce water pollution and water usage? What would make your house unique and sustainable? Do a little research before answering this – incorporate appropriate new technologies into your home to make it energy efficient.

Here is a list of sujects that you should research on the internet which will provide a comprehensive answer: 1. Double glazing will creat a near vacuum that is an excelelnt insulator from heat loss (or gain) by convection or conduction. A special coating on the outside surface will also reduce gain through radiation 2. A cavity between the internal and external walls filled with insulating materials will cut down loss through the walls. This material should be made with a fibre with high resistance to conductivity and have a reflective (shiney silver) coating form aluminium on one side. Walls can be wood or brick/stone 3. Floors should be suspended from the earth but lined underneath by similar insulation materials to the walls. 4. Roof should have plastic lining that prevents draughts and then a fibre insulation underneath also with reflective coating. 5. Clay tiles or metal roof is fine. 6. Doors should have effective draught excluders to prevent heat loss this way. 7. add a heat pump system that extracts heat from atmosphere outside and upgrades it to provide background heating in loops located underneath your flooring. This is also reverseable in Summer to provide cooling. 8. Heating should be electrical using low cost power at night or if gas then a condensing boiler shoudl be used that extarct maximum heat from combustion. 9. Solar heating panels on roof can pre-heat water 10 small wind turbine can cut down on power 11. Use low energy light bulbs 12. always cook with lid on pots 13. Use showers and not baths for washing 14 Separate waste water from sewage and save for watering garden 15. have toilets that flush small amounts for Urine and larger amounts for larger objects 16 collect rainwater from roof and store for other uses 17 Hetaing should be thermostatically controlled for effficiency 18 If you liove in a very cold country then facing South Helps. If a hot country then facing East ensures heat in mornings 19. If you want something unusual the try a micro gasifier heating system that exports excess energy to power on the grid but otherwise you create your own heat and power in a CHP unit 20 consider buring waste packaging and wood in a multi product stove located in your main living are with balanced flue so that you do not suck air in from outside I hope that this helps Good Luck

A thorough, informative, and up-to-date reference on green, sustainable and energy-efficient home construction that clarifies definitions of green and sustainable and guides builders and architects through the process of new or remodel green construction, including issues of site, landscaping, durability, and energy-efficiency. It starts with clear explanations of the concepts and fundamentals of green, healthy and energy-efficient construction and walks the reader through the entire construction process, injecting expert advice at every decision point. Construction techniques, materials, and products are thoroughly explained, making the often vaguely understood concepts cleanly understandable. The book gives builders and architects the tools to respond to growing requests from homeowners for green and energy-efficient houses, whether new or remodeled. Homeowners can use the book to understand the concepts, process, and options, whether they're doing it themselves or working with a professional.

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I'm replacing the light bulbs in my home with energy efficient light bulbs. I noticed there are different styles and types of light. In my living room a used energy efficient bulbs called "day light", but they seem a little too harsh for my bathroom where I put on makeup and do my hair. What type of lights should I use? I think the globe lights will look best, but I don't know what type of brightness would be best for the space.

the new low wattage florescent bulb work very well...get the kind that have yellow light

I have a 400 sq ft apartment and I need to replace its old gas wall heater that does not work. I called several companies to estimate the replacing cost and they all replied with more than $1000 for estimation that is so expensive for me. Now I am thinking to use something else and I do not know what? This must be less expensive and more energy efficient.

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I recently replaced all the decades-old windows on my house with new energy efficient ones from a reputed manufacturer. My cellphone shows no bars inside the house ever since but is fine outside. Nothing else has changed inside or on outside of the house. If a call goes through, it gets dropped within a few minutes.

I am not saying it isn't your windows but with past experience living in a rural area it is your roof. If you live in a mobile home or a house with a metal roof it causes interference. As for how to boost your signal in your home you could ask your cell provider if they have a boost for your house. Or you could look online and see if you have the stuff right in your house to create a cell signal booster. Good luck! Been there and its no fun.

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