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postheadericon Healthy Homes and Efficient Lighting

lightingAwareness of the existence of global warming affecting climate change and environmental degradation of the quality of human life have been aware of the importance of saving human life on Earth. Various parties continue to work together to build a new world that is more environmentally friendly and sustainable.

Property developers share information to build green properties to the town green.Properties of green products introduced to consumers who are increasingly critical of developers who are not environmentally friendly. There are many properties of the concept of green garden city, green city, city of trees, home gardens, botanical gardens, green parks, to the green valley which flooded the market has been dazzling the public.

Various models of architecture that was popular, ranging from tropical-style home, country, Mediterranean, to minimalist, consumers began to be abandoned. The architects and homeowners began to work together to develop the concept of eco-friendly residential home and the occupants searched.

Electricity crisis and the more expensive byarpet encourage all parties to begin to get used to use an environmentally friendly alternative energy. Though not much developed, residents continue to look for power (if possible) easy and inexpensive, among them:

Efiensi electricity through the utilization of energy-efficient lighting and natural light is considered as the best solution to face the current electricity crisis.
19 percent of electricity consumption in offices in the world comes from lighting.Therefore, this lighting efficiency will have a big impact for reducing carbon emissions resulting from electricity production process.
Savings that can be reached by reducing the frequency of electrical power and lighting sourced by utilizing the stun efficient lighting technology. Utilization of such lamps can reduce electricity consumption assessed from the lighting sector to 40 percent.
Now this technology of LED lights to be the most appropriate solution for these types of lights have a large light intensity but low power consumption. In addition, it should also be noted about the house lights. ”Design the right house lights can maximize the spread of the light so there is no spread in vain,”
The maximum electrical efficiency if consumers are increasingly combining the use of artificial light with natural light from the sun.
The combination of energy-efficient utilization of artificial technology and natural light can cut electricity consumption by 50 percent. ”We can take advantage of natural light as much as possible. For office buildings, a combination of 30 percent and 70 percent natural light artificial light has been very good,”
Trends in the use of energy-efficient lighting and natural light has now penetrated Indonesia. Users not only great shops and offices, but also the public sector
The use of solar cell panels on the roof of the building to heat water and some light point.
In coastal areas, made the development of windmills to supply electricity.
Biogas has also been ogled to illuminate the lights or cooking. Alternative development electric energy eco-friendly homes should continue to be done so that the house does not depend much on the supply of electricity in the future.
Availability KDH 30 percent more houses and provide opportunities for residents can breathe easier. Green space is developed into a park with the concept of the park according to the needs of residents, such as parks therapies / reflection / relaxation, water gardens, flower gardens, or according to the architecture of a tropical garden, a minimalist garden, Japanese garden and Mediterranean garden.
This beautiful park is an ecological contribution to the city as a private green open spaces of green open space part of the city. Residents are entitled to incentives such as tax reductions, cutting the cost of electricity, telephone, and other convenience, from the government as the government’s appreciation for the participation of citizens in terms of adding a green city.
The architects began diligently to build a green roof (green roof, roof garden) as an effort to replace the land (green) that is built up. In the big cities are crowded and cramped, the presence of green roofs cool tub oasis amidst the concrete jungle of the city. Not enough, the walls of the house covered a wall of green vines (green wall).
The building is covered with plants shown to affect the microclimate surrounding environment. The heat down. Parks became a natural roof insulation. Solar radiation absorbed by plants. Gas processing plant pollutants into oxygen. Rainwater can be collected, absorbed, and flowed into the pipes and sink into the wells of water absorption.

postheadericon Home Design Tips to Improve Quality Home Living – Healthy and Convenient

Home Design A healthy home is a house of practical, durable and energy efficient so as to make life more secure, viable and capable of saving the cost of living.
Make your home deserve a good environment, should not be costly. In fact, there are many ways to improve housing and quality of life that can save you money, as well as utilizing natural resources that are available for your family, for example: the use of fertilizer for fruit trees, water for vegetables, fodder for livestock

By designing, renovating houses using Permaculture principles, building materials and sustainable energy with appropriate technology, of course, the quality of life of residents can be improved and the cost of living can be more suppressed.

Understanding Permaculture (derived from the word “permanent” and “agriculture”) is to Conserve, support and work with the local culture and environment, and grow together in the same time. Working with nature and people and learn from them, rather than fight or compete with them.

Permaculture helps us to understand and create a harmonious integration between nature and humans in ways that are sustainable.
Permaculture can be applied to both urban and rural areas, and to any shape and any size.
Permaculture also apply traditional practices in the management of the integrated nature with modern technology as appropriate.
This is a holistic way (thinking that is basically an individual can find identity, meaning and purpose in life through his relationship with the community, natural environment, and spiritual values), kind, friendly environment, the activities to design and build environment, as well as help improve human life, such as: housing, water supply, health, waste reduction, agriculture, energy, aquaculture, rivers, forests, livestock, and others.

Tips To increase the quality of housing:

Make a trellis and planting vines on a trellis around the outside of the house
(Can be done on a wall or fence and the blank space on page)
Cool homes and produce food

Make a pergola around the home (adjusted to ambient conditions)
Provide a trellis vines, and cool the outside of the house

Planting shade trees productive
Provide shade and cool air around the house

Putting the toilet and washing facilities, outside and adjust the direction of the wind
Prevent odor and dirt

Wastewater flows into the filtering productive
Cleaning waste water and running it into a productive plant

Creating ventilation and air flow in a good home
(Hot air rises and flows out through the top vents and cool air in through the bottom)
Keeping the house cool without exit fees

Temperature and sound insulation
Adjust the temperature and reduce noise pollution

Prevention of mosquitoes in the bedroom, if possible throughout the house.
Reducing the risk of diseases transmitted through mosquitoes

The placement of windows to get light or sunlight
Adding a light inside the house, reducing eye disorders
(Sunlight is the light that comes from sunlight, daylight and attempted to reproduce a minimum to reduce the incoming sunlight directly)

Windbreak tree that fits around the house or rural
Reduce wind and improve comfort, reduce potential damage from wind

Fish pond near the house
providing food, adjust the temperature and as a place to hold stagnant water .

postheadericon Concept Green Building Between Dream and Reality

Green Building Global warming is currently a critical issue the world. To anticipate, has developed the concept of eco-friendly in many aspects of life including in the field of construction and building through the concept of green building. concern for the issue of global warming (global warming) must be expressed in concrete actions, both in the small-scale everyday actions as well as a large scale, such as building a green eco-friendly concept.

Many people have different understanding about green architecture. People think the amount of building volume (coefficient of base building / KDB) should be smaller than the basic coefficient green (KDH) on the total land area. Comparison KDB (50-70 percent) and KDH (30-50 percent) is expected to realize a balanced and healthy ideal occupancy consistently.

Limitations of land to encourage optimization of every inch of land and the function of each space. No space is wasted or dead. Developed an optimal availability of green land in the front yard, side, rear, front balcony and terrace, and the middle / side. Park is part of the greening of homes aimed at improving the quality of urban environment, cooling the air around the house, get a view of nature, and the playroom. Not just green.

Riuhnya developers committed to the environment especially apparent in countries that are economically more advanced. In the United States, some cities have even given affix it mandatory for developers to construct the building according to environmentally friendly approach. Come to several cities, including Washington, Chicago, and Boston, then see how the sky-winning buildings environmentally friendly.

In a terrace of buildings of various kinds of plants appear to emerge. Then at a certain floor with a floor made more sturdy construction so that there can be a plant area with trees five meters. Come also to several other cities such as Wellington, Melbourne, Tokyo, Yokohama, Kyoto, Copenhagen, Vienna, Singapore and so on.

Interestingly, environmentally friendly no longer identified with the planting of trees and grass as much as possible, including on the roofs and terraces of the building. Nor are always characterized by making the absorption wells, ponds and rainwater.

Indicated by the reduction of environmentally friendly electricity usage by 40 percent. I use the bulb is more expensive but durable and wattnya very small. AC or engine cooling which will lower the air conditioner to suck the energy gluttony.

Efforts to make green building in Indonesia has many sounds. In fact, many office buildings, shopping centers, schools that claim to be green building. But you know, what standard is used to indicate a building should be considered environmentally friendly?

Until now there is no clear standard regarding what is called the Green Building.However there should be a clear standard that can be worn and used as standard in every process of development that exist in Indonesia, because without it would have appeared on the Green Building claims that do not necessarily correspond with what is expected.

The concept of green building, if implemented well this certainly will no longer be the case that the energy savings requires the workers leave banking on Saturdays and Sundays as well as the industrial sector must change working hours to days off. This concept has presented a fairly accurate solution for the energy saving program.