ENERGY EFFICIENT HOUSE
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| Back side |
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| Right wall |
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| Front side |
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| Left wall |
Explanation of the designed house
The design of this house is like an affordable house for the homeless in Suriname. Suriname is a country where most of the times it’s hot. Also we have many trees in the jungle, so I designed a house made of wood. Wood lets the area in the house cool, but concrete wall absorb temperature. To have a good ventilation it is mandatory to put as much windows as possible. To protect from the heat of the sun this house has a double wall with foam in between those walls. Between the roof and ceiling there is also foam to hold the heat back. The front side of the roof is made of glass, so that in the evening you could enjoy watching the sky and relax. On the right side of the roof are some solar panels to generate electricity. The sun is most of the times on that side, so we use the solar energy to generate electricity and store it in many batteries. In the afternoon the trees protect the house from the sunshine (No irritating sunshine in the house). All of the lights are led lights and are energy efficient, they use the solar energy. The small electronics like radio, television, induction cooktop are also operated by the solar energy. Other uses like recharging batteries of mobile phones or other electronics is also possible with solar energy.
Summary:
This design will give the poor Surinamese people a chance to live their lives and enjoy of their environment. The monthly costs for energy will be zero, so they will be able to use that money to buy food. Even if it is hot most of the times of the days of the year, but by this design they won’t feel the need of an air conditioner.
p.s. the costs of the installation of the solar panels with the rechargeable batteries is very great.