"Green" at home or in the construction of eco-technologies

Becoming more common, not only globally, but also we acquire environmentally friendly, "green" building, which has become almost a leitmotif of modern architecture. Keep up with her and environmental technology, it is becoming increasingly popular not only among the major developers, but also among the privateers. Concerned with the problem of environmental friendliness and safety of their own homes, and the participants of the portal FORUMHOUSE. For a start, it makes sense to understand how the building can be considered "green".

Do no harm

The basic postulate is the concept of green building structure minimal impact on the environment, and not in the local and global scale. It achieved this neutral, mainly due to the use of environmentally friendly materials in the construction and finishing, as well as by saving energy during operation. That is, the house itself does not release into the environment of hazardous substances and does not cause the development of allergies in the household. Its heating system not replenishes atmosphere cubic meters of combustion products. Overhaul need a few decades, and will not become a regular necessity.

According to the current European and domestic standards, the house will be considered "green" if it corresponds to the whole list criteria including even such items as the convenience of location, intelligent management and cost of living cycle. But for private houses, which are unlikely to be subject to international certification, but claim to be environmentally friendly, there are two basic evaluation criteria:

• What materials are used in construction and decoration.
• Energy efficiency.

materials

The most common material in the construction of green homes is wood, as a primary consumable, and in tandem with the stone and glass. One of the main visual displays of eco-style log houses are considered with appropriate interior (loft, Rustic). But that's exactly the look, if we start from the definition, then home on frame technology can also be considered Eco if a frame made of wood, the filling of the straw or adobe (clay and straw) blocks and wooden same sheathing.

If you go even further, and glulam can be attributed to the secure content if its manufacture were not used formaldehyde and other harmful chemicals. The same goes for brick and different blocks, these materials - the result of processing, but it is unlikely baked clay or derivative sand, lime and cement would be more dangerous than a log impregnated retardants and antiseptics. Therefore, although the understanding of most eco-friendly style - this is the tree as a building shell and core finishing, which may be the house of the silicate blocks with wood and stone facing and characteristic architecture. Such projects are developing and successfully implementing one of our members and the portal started this thread "Home for Life, created by nature."

Aeroslon (User FORUMHOUSE):

My opinion is that since I got to live out of town, and the house should look like a suburban housing, ie a maximum of natural materials. Therefore, the use of exterior trim wood and stone.

Metal roofing as also not distracting from the scope of environmental technology, since the current polymer coating does not give off any substances even in the summer heat, and the material has a long life service. Durability is one of the most important aspects - the less often have to change the coating, the less maintenance costs. Of course, shingles and its variations is preferable, but quite acceptable and varieties rebate, as well as shingles on a natural basis and genuine grit.

When evaluating the sustainability much attention is paid to the decoration - a wooden house pros really reduce to naught if the use of chemically active coatings, various plates and formaldehyde with vinyl linoleum. Completely do without chemistry is practically impossible, but if you replace lacquers and paints to solvents, oil-based and water based paints compositions, and to align the plates and partitions used on the basis of plaster or cement, indoor climate will be much healthier. there is a topic on the website of the Ecological building materialsIn which the author raised the relevant issues.

AlpSiti (User FORUMHOUSE):

When ordering repairs or finish at home or in the office, we think about how long it is, we will serve, whether the marriage will not make builders, whether harmonious design. And very rarely ask ourselves, how it will affect the health of the use of certain construction and finishing materials in the manufacture of repair or decoration? They look fashionable and easy to clean, but many are able to undermine our health.

Energy efficiency

Eco-technologies as applied to energy-efficient homes should be passive and zero energy consumption. Considered a passive house in which consumption of energy for heating in winter and cooling in summer is minimized. Such indicators are achieved by reducing the heat loss through the building envelope and the most sensitive areas, and also due to the tightness of doors and windows. It is also important in terms of availability and ennergoeffektivnosti ventilation mode is not provided ventilation windows and airflow from the front door, and a special system, ideally - with recuperator. This system and the heat inside the brakes and simultaneously cleans, so households do not breathe the fumes are not the most useful, and the air comes out without the "bouquet", assembled in the house.

To reduce heat loss, use a variety of insulating materials. But even today, a huge selection of heaters, not all of them can be classified as environmentally friendly. About the safety of stone wool disputes do not cease, because the stone melt itself is neutral, but the binder is formaldehyde. But all derivatives foam EcoTechnologies not compatible. There is no question blocks straw, sawdust, ecowool, linen, jute or hemp and other natural materials. Eco-friendly insulation discussed in many branches of the forum and a particular topic. And in an article on choosing a suitable insulant.

As for zero consumption, it is a question of self-contained systems that operate on renewable energy sources, the most common - solar panels and wind turbines. And heating, and hot water in them should be independent from third-party resources. In principle, brick wood-burning stove is also autonomous and wood though slowly, but growing, but in the process in an atmosphere of combustion products stand out, so this is not an option. Like gasoline generator in the back, which does not contribute to sustainability, and provides at least some autonomy. Also energy in homes with zero consumption must be collect rain and melt water system, which after purification enters the network engineering or business needs.

If green buildings made of natural materials with an efficient thermal insulation and minimum energy consumption we have enough, then with zero consumption, though there are, but much less frequently. So pleasant that among the participants of our portal have craftsmen who organized themselves autonomy. Their experience is assembled in sections on autonomous houses and Independent power supply.

It does not contain harmful substances and ash concreteWhich may well be the rough material for eco-style. A partition in a house can be of silicate or gypsum gypsum partition boards. In the video, ranch rustic, A variation of the eco-style.

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