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Dark color will absorb heat between 70-90% of the total solar radiation

admin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:13:05 +0000

One thing that you can consider to make your house more elegant is the color of your wall paint outdoors.

Wall of a dark color will absorb heat between 70-90% of the total solar radiation that hit the area. Some of this heat would go into the house by way of conduction in the wall that would lead to heat inside the house. This would increase the energy needed to cool the room up to 20%.

The bright colors will reflect most of the rays and heat away from your home. The color is not necessarily white, but a green or blue color is good that is more bright color.

Wall with vines can also protect the wall from the heat by putting blocks sunlight and reflected it in advance. Select vines that is easy to care.

Even the smallest contribution will continue to conserve our energy and improve the environment.

Toilet Leak Repair – Fixing Toilet Leaks to Save Water

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:39:21 +0000

There are many plumbing repairs and plumbing enhancements you can make around your home to conserve water. In toilet repair, Toilet leak repair is one of the many ways you can go green by saving water.

To start you should know there are many reasons your toilet may be leaking. It could be something small like the wax ring is wearing away or something much more serious – in that case you will need to hire a plumber. The next possibility is a leaking flush valve. There are several reasons that you may have a leaking flush valve.

1.The flush ball can start to rot or simply wears out.
2.There is rust on the valve.
3.The metal rod that the flush ball is connected to has become damaged or stuck.

If you notice that the floor under or next to your toilet is frequently damp or wet, then you probably have a leaking flush pipe which will lead to a toilet leak repair. To figure out if this is your problem, flush your toilet while keeping an eye under the toilet tank for any leaks. You want to watch where the pipe connects to the toilet. If you see water dripping or leaking, then you can probably fix it with just a few easy steps.

For more information on plumbing repairs that can help you go green visit the plumbing repair blog or if you need find a plumber to help you go green then check out all plumbing repair.

Stop Global Warming from Home

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:31:34 +0000

In Danish, the policy put a halt to global warming do to grass root level, the level of the home. More than half of Danish carbon emissions come from private consumption for heating, electricity, transportation, and consumer goods. Danish citizens are generally aware and know to global warming, climate change, and the need for energy savings. But not all apply in their everyday lives. Campaign and conducted by the Ministry of Environment and Energy Ministry of Transport and nationally. Finally about two years ago the idea of really smart and great with forming Climate and Energy Ministry, the two camps are usually highly stressed about the environment and carbon emissions!

Campaigns are conducted with everyday things that touch directly the activities of everyday life, with which citizens can directly calculate how much in expenses and how much long-term investment that accompanies it, if they reduce carbon emissions. Reducing carbon emissions and then became the daily topic in the “coffee shop”.

A very real example is when the Danish government issued a regulation on the rules to make the house. That all moving in the desired direction, only if the government really wanted (!), Then get out rules enforced, not just written a manufacturing process was expensive. So, come out the rules of the Building Code.

People will not be able to see what the benefits of energy efficiency. Government can. Must start from the government, so the people then knew, and then everyone could just walk. Can not be submitted to the public for granted.

The first principle is applied the principle of punishment and reward (stick and carrot) concerning the use of energy. They are energy-intensive high fees and instead they are using energy very efficiently to get the incentives.

The government will implement tax is very high energy. If energy is of no value, people will not appreciate it. They’ll throw it away from the window. That way, people began to always remember to turn off lights, installing air conditioning in the temperature was around 25 ° Celsius, and with that they can save significant expense.

Code of Ethics with a new building, the government is targeting a reduction of energy use, converted to oil-up to 25 percent-30 percent than in 2006. Existing buildings need an average of 14 liters of oil per square meter (lt/m2). In 2006 the use of energy equivalent to 5.5 lt/m2 homes by 2010 target is 3 lt/m2. After the year 2010 regulations will be tightened. Regulations that are mandatory. Gradually all buildings must have a certified “green house” or building “green”. Certificate issued by the Danish Energy Authority.

Buildings are certified with various price levels are higher than the old buildings that do not follow the rules of energy efficiency. However, lower operational costs. The ultimate goal is, “The passive (passive house) is a house that does not use fossil fuels, home without greenhouse gas emissions (Grk). At some point in the future.

Charlotte Green Houses

Following the code, the government appointed Stenløse housing in the area, about 30 minutes from Copenhagen, the Danish capital, to apply the rules of the green house.

Families with two children can install insulation into an important part of a home with energy efficiency. Insulation works to absorb heat and cold air from the outside so that the temperature inside the house is not too hot or cold. They do not need a lot of gas to heat homes. Gas heating in the building of new homes have been planted as an installation under the house so no longer metal rods in the house.

In addition, placement of windows with large glass also causes the use of electricity can always be suppressed because the house light. Insulation of windows is made up by import-glass windows with high insulation power from Switzerland.

Ground water savings made with rainwater with a reservoir at the bottom of the home page. Water was used for washing clothes, flushing toilets, and washing dishes. Because there is no Chlor it, just need a little detergent, washing is also faster so that the electricity used less.

Glass film to reduce sun and save energy

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:57:00 +0000

Illustration about glass film, the house is facing westward, so get the afternoon sun that stung enough. The house has two floors where the floor is cool because of the mango tree in the front garden so that the shade. But the second floor we were very hot as it gets direct sunlight. Incidentally, because the roof is the old house, still uses asbestos materials that have been coated with paint us Insultec so the pores can be sealed asbestos, asbestos and extend the life course to reduce heat.

But the sun’s heat coming from the glass is still very hot, so even using insultec been significantly reduced, but not optimally. So the next step is to install the glass film.

Glass films can be purchased with a variety of brands, quality and prices vary. In general, the glass film was expensive compared to paint because the process of making insultec still difficult and requires high technology, especially glass-branded films. (and it really effects the difference). Glass film has different characteristics such as color, color intensity, the resulting reflection, layer-owned, and other specifications. You should choose according to your needs.

In general, the benefit of glass film are:

1. Reduce heat and also reduces the ultraviolet from the sun which for certain brands can be up to 99%
2. Save energy. With a reduced heat the room, then we can reduce the use of air conditioning and fans can wear it. Also because of no heat, when we turned on the AC, the room temperature can cool faster, thereby reducing air-conditioning work itself. If we can raise the temperature of the AC then obviously we will save, too. Also more room can hold heat in when using the AC so that more efficient
3. Protecting your home furnishings such as tables, chairs, electronics, etc. from the hot sun so that it can more durable and reduce the opacity color
4. Adding your home security because the glass will not break easily when a disaster or theft.

Indeed for the home console, the best option is to plant tall trees or can also hang pots in front of the mirror (if possible). But if the choices are difficult, the glass film is a choice you can consider.

White roof for green world

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:08:33 +0000

What Color is your roof?

Roof color is a traditional red brick, blue, black, dark green, and others. Very rarely do we see the white roof. For any buildings with no mortar used to follow the color gray.

It turned out for us who live in the tropics and hot, white roofs can reduce air conditioning usage by 20%. State of California in the United States even require that all new buildings, since 2005, white roof, for a flat roof surfaces or applicable.

Surface of the roof covering on average 25% of the entire surface of the city. Meanwhile, the streets covered approximately 35% of the entire surface of the city. According to research from Hashem Akbari, a researcher from the Heat Island Group, when 100 cities in the world to replace the roof with a white color, and also streets with more materials reflect light, such as concrete roads than asphalt roads, the global cooling effect generated would be enormous.

My own experience is to paint the roof of my house with materials made from asbestos Insultec whose licenses have been produced in Indonesia, a white base color (though can order any color) which is the most effective colors to reflect sunlight back. Cat-based insultec water has the ability to reflect ultraviolet light up to 85% and reduce the heat to the roof of 47%. The roof of this cooler will automatically make the interior cooler.

My house is located in North Jakarta with the very hot air so that the temperature in a room without air conditioning can reach 34 degrees Celsius. With insultec, room temperature can fall to 4 degrees Celsius. This alone is very felt, because when I used to go upstairs is hot and stuffy, although it is not cold, not hot as before. Any ceiling feels colder now so automatic room below too cool. Work with paint is also very easy because no need to change or replace the roof of any kind, just stay in the paint, wait 3-4 hours, after a dry immediately felt.

Using examples insultec only because according to Hasheem, without mention of white paint brand will produce a similar effect and continue to help global warming.

Let’s try together. More and more the more effective is also a white roof for a green world.

More Benefit Using Balsam Flowers

admin — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:56:23 +0000

Beautiful colors characterize this Asian native plants. Another characteristic, this plant is easy to grow and not fussy. Also some parts of the plant could be used as a drug P3K.

In the world, plant impatiens balsamina Linn. known as balsam flowers. In Indonesia, more commonly known as pacar air flowers. Have flowers with different colors, such as pink, red, white, orange, peach, or salmon. At first glance, orchid-like flowers form in small sizes with the serrated leaves. Impatiens quite popular as an ornamental plant and are often found in the highlands, such as Peak, West Java. High as 30-80 centimeters. Every region in Indonesia has another name for this water lover. In Minangkabau (West Sumatra), pacar air paruinai known. pacar air cai (Sunda), kimhong (Jakarta), pacar air banyu (Java), pacar air Spree (Bali), and flowers jebelu (South Halmahera).

This plant loves the shade and water. If you have a large house in the sun, place the plant under a tree. Although many color flowers, no good pacar air used for landscape. Usually good hung or placed in the pot. Maybe because like in the shade for the landscape to be less good.

Although local impatiens exists in Indonesia, the flower business is still importing seed from abroad. These flowers usually grow on the riverbank. Plants that higher local, small flowers, sturdy trunk vertebra. And the colors are not as many flowers than seeds from the outside with a variety of colors.

Planting media for this plant is not difficult. Keep the soil mix, compost, chaff or dirt, cocopeat. Can also use manure. Although classified as not fussy plants, there is one main enemy, the pest. Once exposed to pests, the plant will rot immediately. So, watch your pacar air plants of any pest.

1. Impatiens is a plant that originated from South Asia and Southeast Asia. This plant was introduced in America in the 19th century.
2. This plant is also called Busy lizzie (Busy Lizzie) for continued flowering.
3. This plant is very desirable bees and other insects that help its flowers.
4. These plants can not live in a dry environment.
5. The parts of this plant can be used for drugs, such as flowers for the drug ulcers, rheumatism, and dermatitis. While the leaves for the anti-inflammatory or wash the wound.