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Eco Home DEsigns

what is an eco home design?

Generally, Eco Home Designs refers to homes with passive design features that make optimal use of local conditions to make your home more energy efficient while reducing your electric or gas bills. Natural heat from the sun during the day and cooling at night can be used effectively to warm or cool your house naturally. For example if your house is built with windows facing direct summer sunlight, it could tb taking in more sunlight and heat than it needs and making your home excessively hot.

There are three key elements to consider when building a eco home:
- design,
- material choice and,
- construction planning

Using Green Energy in your home

In some countries and states, green energy companies provide green energy that has minimal or no emmissions. However, not every country has green energy available. In United States, Green Mountain Energy provides green energy to some states. Check with the sustainable energy authorities to see if your home can receive green energy.

Solar Hot Water

Switching your hot water system to a solar hot water system is a good way to tap into renewable energy, and at the same time cut down on costs of your hot water in your home. Solar hot water is combined with gas to ensure that your home receives hot water even on cloudy or rainy days. Hot water is frequently used in many homes every day and solar hot water can save on your electric or gas bills.

As mentioned previously, there are three key elements (design, material choice and construction planning) to consider when building an Eco Home. It is best to speak to your Eco Home Design Specialist in your state/ country for more details as there are many considerations involved with an Eco Home Design.

Here are some other considerations in meantime:

- Where should your walls face? Where shoud your windows face? Depending on location conditions, you may want your walls or windows to shield your house from excessive heat, cold or wind. Vice versa, you can position your windows to absorb more heat or wind if you are residing in a cold climate.

- Design room layout and window placements to ensure a gentle breeze within the house.

- Channelling of wind at perimeter of house.

- Insulate roof and walls with reflective foil and insulation.