Green Building Technology

* What is the best way to cut home heating or cooling bills? Add insulation

On the daily basis I use numerous energy resources from residential, commercial, transportation to industrial. First, I use residential and commercial the most. At home I have gas heating, stove and fireplace; gas pretty much runs my house. Right now in the winter month’s gas heating is the greatest energy usages in my resident. Then on top of that we have space heaters. The heaters are intended to cut back on the gas usage but I’m not seeing much of a difference. Usage of electricity is also a huge abundance in my residents. A normal routine of using electricity varies from everything like lights

I have devised a reasonable strategy to decrease our CO2 production. If we watch 34 hours less of television, and use the fans almost 78 hours less a week by turning them off when we are not home or when we are out of a room where a fan is on; we can save about 1161 pounds of CO2 alone. Lastly, instead of using a dishwasher, my family has agreed to take turns washing the dishes by hand and since I have a gas water heater it will further decrease the amount of CO2 production we are responsible for. My strategy is reasonable because If no one is in a room where a fan is on, then there is no reason for the fan to be running. Also, by limiting the amount of time my children spend in front of a television, I can save money on my electric bill too. Plus, my kids are doing more productive things with their time, like reading, coloring or playing with Lego's. If my family and I follow this strategy, then we will be saving a grand total of 1370.30 pounds of CO2 and $128.14 a year. With this project, I have learned that by adjusting the amount of time I have certain appliances on or by changing how often I use other appliances, I can, in fact, reduce not only the cost of my electric bill but also

I believe that this number increases especially during the fall and winter time due to the weather being lower and that affecting homes. As stated in Document D, heating is 31% of the electrical usage in a home. That is the highest percentage out of all the other electrical usages. For example, appliances and computers are only 9% of the electrical usage- which are things we use all the time. Have you ever had your parents’ blame you for the electricity bill being “sky high” because you leave your light on? Well light is only 11% of the electric usage, which isn’t as much as many other things that raise the electric price! If the price is too high then I consider finding ways to reduce the

Small changes, if introduced in many areas, usually have a large effect. The insulation of Victorian houses, for instance, can have a large impact on energy consumption in the winter [9]. Another suggestion would be

Discussion Prompt: Explain where you think, in your home, you use the most energy. Estimate how much energy this item/machine/process uses. (Yes, you may need to do some research.) How much more energy does this item/machine/process use versus other items/machines/processes in your home. Provide an insightful response to at least two of your peers, using at least three sentences for each response. Do you agree or disagree with which item/machine/process they chose? Do you think there is something that uses more energy in their home?

The average household in Northern VA spends nearly $1,584 on energy consumption. This is higher than the national average but similar to our neighboring states (EIA.gov, n.d.). This is due highly to a lack of energy conservation education provided by the state and lack of government backed refunds and tax breaks for using energy efficient appliances. States like California and Maryland have started these governments funded programs and experienced great strides in lowering energy consumption (Cluett, Amann, & Ou, 2016).

The average homeowner spends around $4,500 per year on their utilities due to the utilization

Green buildings could become one of the main factors to preserve our rapidly decaying environment. There is no easy way to define a green building, but a green building is essentially a structure that amplifies the positives and mitigates the negatives throughout the entire life cycle of the building (Kriss, 2014). There are many definitions for a green building, but all of them include the planning, designing, constructing, and operating of the building while taking into huge considerations of the energy use, water use, indoor air environment, materials used and the effect it has on the site the green building is being built on. The first green buildings dates back to as far as the 1970’s, when solar panels went from experiments to reality. Green buildings were not as popular as they are today due to their extremely high pricing. With technology rapidly growing, solar panels are becoming cheaper and cheaper, making the transition to creating green buildings more affordable. This is the primary reason for the increased growth of green buildings today. A modern company that is paving the way to the growth of green buildings named LEED, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, focuses primarily on new and effective ideas for environmentally friendly buildings projects. With more than 60,000 commercial projects worldwide and 1.7 million square feet being certified every day, LEED is one of the leading groups for promoting green buildings. LEED has popularized the entire

As a house owner, you may ponder of "Why my energy bills are so high?" What do you think? Well, many reasons are there for high energy bills. Poor insulation is a top reason. Have you ever checked the condition of your attic insulation? No right? Many house owners forget the attic insulation for no good reason.

The inefficient homes in the UK have catastrophic effects on global warming. The UK needs to become more energy efficient as at the moment it emits a large amount of greenhouse gases which risk dangerous climate change. The retrofitting of the brick three storey terraced town house is necessary in order to comply with the legislations set out by parliament in the UK Climate Change Act (2008) or if the house falls under the private rented sector it must comply with the Energy Act 2011.

Changing the way energy in buildings is monitored, controlled and consumed can bring down CO2 emissions and reduce costs (Faucheux & Nicolaï, 2011) .

The United States consumes more energy than needed, compared to the rest of the world. However, to properly address such an issue as over consumption of energy, one first must understand what “energy” is.

Humans today are using much more electricity than we need to in our houses and this is impacting our world more then we realise. Although electricity is a huge advantage to humans it has the complete opposite effects on our environment. By using more electricity, we are using more of the earth’s resources and if we keep going down this road then we are going to run out. The solution for this mass overuse of energy is to build houses which are more energy efficient. Features like LED lightbulbs, insulating and even positioning your house in the correct position for natural airflow instead of using air conditioning are all ways we can help improve this problem.

In this part, government attitude and policies are focused on, as well as advanced technologies are considered. Finally, this paper also turn to highlight the relevant field in China and what availability would suit for China, especially focus on what recommendations be suggested to local authorities in order to guide the whole society to aware the importance of green building and accelerate the development of this industry.