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Green Housing For Your Best Life
With all the talk of going green, it should come as no surprise that there are movements being made towards green housing with every passing day. This way of living sustains our resources and actually has immense benefits for the family who lives green to the fullest extent that they can.
So what exactly is green housing? For the most part, anytime you have heard the term greenhouse has been in conversations about gardening. But today, green housing is not about plants but about the home you live in throughout your life. Living in a home that has been built with sustainable building materials is one way to know you are making a smaller footprint on the earth. Sure, it is a big step and a lifelong decision; but when you are fully committed to making this change in your life, you are on your way to an abundantly healthy life.
Sustainable building materials are those that are composed of renewable, rather than nonrenewable resources. This could be certified wood that has been harvested from sustainably managed sources. This type of material would preferably have an independent certification. Further, green housing materials could be products that have been manufactured with resource-efficient processes including reducing energy consumption, minimizing waste (recycled, recyclable and/or source reduced product packaging), and reducing greenhouse gases.
While the materials used are a large part of the total package of going green; the design of the home also comes into play. One form of green home is the roundhome. The reason for this is that a roundhome clearly uses fewer materials for construction because of the shape of the walls. In a roundhome, there is less square footage in terms of exterior walls.
The reason why round homes are so popular is sheer design. For people who are into a green lifestyle, letting nature into their dwelling through the use of ample windows and wood elements is a little slice of heaven. In a roundhome, light streams in through windows, and many homeowners choose gorgeous wood ceilings to show off their natural lifestyle.
Living in a green home, a family is treated to a natural sense of well-being. The benefits of a green home go further than beauty and even further than the eco-friendly aspect. Studies have shown that healthy air, natural light and views to the outdoors actually improve an individual's productivity. By building a green home, especially a light-filled roundhome, you set yourself up for promoted health as well as economic prosperity.
There are plenty of ways that you can begin a green lifestyle. However, when you reach the point where the little steps just don't seem to fill the need you have inside of you; green housing may be the next logical step to take. Round home designs are easy to come by, and are even available as ultra-affordable prefabricated homes. There is no limit to the ways you can make a positive impact on your own life and on the world you live in.
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Which type of glass is used to avoid green house effect?
I don't know whether there is still any discovery in this field. So please tell me.
Generally in cars, the inside becomes very much heated when parked in hot summer afternoon. To avoid this we use Air conditioners. But can we use a glass that avoids green house effect?
It is possible if you browse the 'net to find manufacturers
of window films,
(for example, 3m )
that reflect the INFRA-RED component sunlight. Although the flim is no where near 100 percent effective, it does make a very noticeable differance to heat transmission rates into a vehicle interior on a sunny day.
For the best appearance, the window film shoud be applied by a window tinting expert.
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HeatingSave is a low-cost, revolutionary Energy Management System that saves between 15% and 30%+ off the energy used to heat and light your home. It's controller, which replaces the central heating timeclock, contains a computer program that learns, and constantly refines, the heat loss profile of your house so that it uses the least amount of energy.
At 25 Manor Road, St Neots, the HeatingSave system is using HeatingSaves' glass evacuated solar tubes to heat the hot water using the suns rays. As HeatingSave is controlling both the boiler and the solar panel, it is able to make further economies by using the free energy from the sun as much as possible. The heating is turned up or down automatically depending upon the heat loss profile of the house and the outside temperature, whilst the occupancy sensors automatically turn up and down the heating depending on whether anyone is at home. The same occupancy sensors automatically turn lights on/off, this time saving money off the electricity bill. The immersion heater is also controlled by HeatingSave, allowing the home owner the vary the hot water temperature; hot for the baths/showers in the morning and cooler in the day for washing up, hand-washing and the washing machine. All saving energy and money, but leaving you firmly in control. Linked to the HeatingSave controller is a PC where the householder can change settings, view daily costings to help with the household budget and view the energy savings graphs – so you can see that the system is actually working and saving you money. The HeatingSave system is linked to the Internet so you can control, set and view how well your energy management system is working – from anywhere in the world.
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The Greencell technologies - The Green House Project will take a ‘whole house' approach to refurbishment, starting with the building fabric and insulation, windows, heating systems, ventilation, water efficiency measures and the installation of renewable energy technology including solar thermal for hot water and solar photovoltaics (PV) for energy.
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Home energy use in the UK is currently responsible for producing more than 27% of all carbon emissions.
Whereas progress to reduce this is being made by improving the energy performance of new build properties, we must face the huge challenge of addressing existing, older inefficient properties, many of which will still be standing and occupied by 2050.
Such inefficient homes account for more than 90% of the existing housing stock, which highlights the importance of adapting them to suit 21st century living. Improving the thermal efficiency of existing properties will not only help meet the challenges of climate change, it will help householders tackle rising fuel costs, encourage well being and a provide a healthier living environment.
As part of Huntingdonshire District Council's commitment to reduce carbon emissions and tackle climate change, we have purchased two properties, which will be ‘sustainably' refurbished and opened up to the public as demonstration homes.
In Huntingdonshire approximately 67,000 homes are privately owned. There is huge potential to improve the energy and water efficiency of the properties, which will help to reduce the district's carbon footprint and bring existing homes up to a higher level of environmental performance.
The UK Government is committed to reducing carbon emissions by 80% by the year 2050.
If we are to reduce our carbon emissions and help slow down the effects of climate change we need a step change in our thinking – the way we live, travel and refurbish our properties plays a major part in that. It's important for the Green House Project to demonstrate and influence sustainable refurbishment and to encourage a ‘low carbon lifestyle'.
The district council is working with the Building Research Establishment (BRE), whose expertise and guidance is integral to the project. The BRE will be providing the specifications for the improvements, which will be based around the results of extensive thermal and acoustic testing which has already been undertaken in both of the houses.
The Green House Project will take a ‘whole house' approach to refurbishment, starting with the building fabric and insulation, windows, heating systems, ventilation, water efficiency measures and the installation of renewable energy technology including solar thermal for hot water and solar photovoltaics (PV) for energy.
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