Sustainable House Design

Title:
Sustainable House Design

Introduction
Sustainability
This is a wider concept in building industry
especially housing
It aims at large scale production with little resource
management
Characteristic of suitable design include being
energy as well as energy efficient.
Building industry is already using sustainability to
reduce the expenses in the maintenance and even
building costs.

Solar Study
Buildings account for more percentage of
the energy consumed in most countries
The solar energy consumed in buildings is
tapped by the use of the solar panels
This energy is used in heating as well as
cooling.
Design principles are applied in the use of
the technologies in buildings

Design Principles
 Renewable energy are meant to save money
 Approaches of the design only improves on
the efficiency but not costs
 Com only exploited design principles for
solar in building include: Passive solar
design, window location and building
orientation
 Additional low cost passive design
characteristics.