Green Household

Energy Conservation The concept of energy conservation has been a priority for many governments of late and even organizations and pressure groups have been formed to compel rogue governments and industries to join in the urge to conservation of energy and in effect of the ecosystem. One of the main ways of energy conservation is the use of non-fossil sources of energy which is commonly the practice.

The reduction of the need of electrical and heat energy is one of the fundamental ways that could be used to conserve the environment and minimize the human footprints on the environment. The ensuring reduction in the need for external energy, the first step is to have an insulated house with double walls and insulation material between the two walls also know as vacuum insulation panels and windows that are wide enough for regulation of temperature. The ventilation valves should be located high up on the wall.

These double walls will ensure that the room is insulated and warm since the insulation material between the two walls will keep the heat inside the rom. The ventilations and the windows will also help in the circulation of fresh air and exit of warm air especially during hot summer seasons.

With this design there will be no need for electricity to warm or cool the house The house should also have solar panels installed and in effect have the house depend on solar which is green energy for its use. This will eliminate the need to have diesel generators for power sources as the generators will be polluting the air. There is also need to have a biogas system from the farm biodegradable material like cow dung.

This will help the house not depend on fossil fuel produced gas or even electricity from generators but the free and continuous supply of cooking gas that is green and hence environment friendly. This will also help in the recycling of material from the kitchen and the farm instead of disposing off such. The other source of power that can sustain the homestead is the harnessing of wind through installation of a windmill that will help in generating power from the little wind available.

This is viable since the demands of the homestead will not be heavy as to need a large grid for the power. The installations will also not required external services hence can be expensive at installation but cheap in the long run due to eliminated running costs. There will also be need for harvesting rain water into tanks such that the home will be supplied with water that comes from nature instead of the conventional supplied water that will require use of fossil fuel to be pumped to various destinations.

The sewerage system should also be designed such that there is.