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Home Improvement - Renovation Tips You Can Use to Improve Your Existing Home

Prioritising Your ChoicesThe "Your Home" temperate areas. Examine these
project should be about improving the suggestions and decide what may be able
quality of life of the residents and to improve your quality of life and
reducing the overall environmental reduce your impact the on the
impact. Cost is usually the main environment. Install AAA rated shower
consideration when selecting what to heads and dual flush toilet cisterns that
include and what to leave out. Creating save water; Reduce water demand;
the perfect sustainable home will be out Rainwater harvesting; On-site wastewater
of the range of most budgets - but what reuse; Waterless toilets; Stormwater
does that mean anyway. This sums it up: management; Outdoor water use; Fix
"Sustainable development is development leaking taps.Passive CoolingAir movement
that meets the needs of the future is the most important element of passive
without compromising the ability of cooling, and this is produced by fans.
future generations to meet their own They increase cooling by increasing
needs" (WCED, 1987 Brundtland evaporation rates. Hot humid (tropical)
Report).Planning a reno includes climates limit the body's ability to lose
prioritising the things you want to heat by evaporation of perspiration.
achieve such as more space, a better Sleeping comfort is a significant issue.
kitchen or bathroom, more sunlight, Design eaves and shading to permanently
reduced energy and water consumption etc. exclude solar access to rooms; Maximise
Search the internet for facts on shaded external areas with trees and
suitable materials, types of glass, well plants - this will also lower the ground
designed lighting, and energy saving temperature.Use low energy ceiling fans
appliances.The following important and natural cooling whole house fans to
considerations are helpful when decisions draw the cooler air in from outside and
have to be made on designing, buying, when there is no breeze. Note that
building or renovating a home.Energy natural cooling whole house fans also
Efficient, Sustainable HomesThese are remove the odors and toxins from your
rapidly increasing in value owing to home and lower the need for refrigerated
their greater comfort levels and lower air conditioning. Choose windows with
running costs. Your home will be around maximum opening areas e.g. louvres or
for at least 50 years and its resale shutters - avoid fixed glass areas.Hot
value will be increasingly linked to dry areas require the introduction of
these features. Sustainable housing water into the atmosphere. Evaporative
include technologies that cover a wide cooling is an effective passive cooling
range of topics including rainwater method and works best when relative
storage, solar energy, composting, humidity if lower (70 percent or less
renewable building materials, efficient during hottest periods) and the air has a
appliances. In Australia there are now greater capacity to take up water vapour.
whole housing developments being built as Design solutions include the use of
sustainable homes.Reducing Energy pools, ponds and water features
ConsumptionThis is an urgent priority. immediately outside windows or in
Global warming and its effects on climate courtyards to precool air entering the
change are already becoming house. Carefully located water features
apparent.These will invariably lead to can create convective breezes. Other
higher prices for energy from cooling tips in tropical areas can also
non-renewable sources. Look for be applied to hot dry areas.Passive
appliances with high star ratings that (Solar) HeatingIn cold climates establish
will not only save on your pocket where your sun moves during summer and
expenses but will help save our planet. winter and design your windows to let the
Little things like monitoring your gas suns heat in while insulating against the
and electricity bills for unexpected cold. In hot and moderate climates admit
increases then working out how you can light but reject the heat. Open floor
further decrease your usage; Insulate hot plans allow more sun inside. The sun's
water pipes; Set the thermostat at 60-65 heat is stored in the thermal mass of
Deg C on storage hot water systems and 50 your building - concrete, masonry, stone
deg C on instantaneous systems; Turn off slabs - and is slowly released. Proper
hot water systems when on vacation; Put a building orientation will allow solar
timer on the electric booster of solar heat to enter the home in winter, while
hot water heaters and on peak electric allowing in as little sun as possible
storage systems to avoid heating water during summer. Shading and overhangs also
when not needed; turn appliances off at reduce excessive summer heat, while still
the wall (you'll be amazed how much permitting winter sun. In passive solar
energy you can save - not to mention designs, the optimal window-to-wall area
reduce the risk of fire).Water UsageWater ratio is 25-35 percent.I hope that this
is in short supply the world over. information has helped you make important
Rising demand for houshold water is decisions on your most important
competing with needs of agriculture and projects.Author: Brendan Hogg. Brendan
both are reducing the environmental flow is Manager of Cardiffair natural cooling
needed to keep our rivers and waterways fans. He is Housing Industry Association
healthy. The application of these ways Green Smart Qualified and experienced in
to use water in a sustainable way will air movement for comfort and a healthier
depend on whether you live in the country indoor environment.
or the cities, in the tropics or the




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