Sunday, February 19, 2012

Sustainable Home Design Imagine that you are an architect and asked to design a "green" or sustainable home for a client?

Question by kcbrown1979: Imagine that you are an architect and asked to design a “green” or sustainable home for a client?
#2-What important factors have to be considered?
#3-List at least 3 key components to “sustainability” in your architectural design.
In Europe and some US cities, entire buildings are being constructed to operate more efficiently and effectively, lessening the impact on the environment and our natural resources

Best answer:

Answer by lrad1952
1: be careful with excess heat – use it for the building rather than pollution
2: basically re-use as much as possible so that there is minimal damage to the environment
3: use solar energy to heat water and run the building
4: use materials that don’t give off fumes
I just read that some place uses the waste water from the bathroom sink to fill up the toilet tank for flushing.
Have a garden on the roof – it absorbs rain water and makes the building cooler in summer

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