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 Doing the eco-friendly thing when building a new house can be fun and even save you some money along the way.

 Location-

  This is one of the most important things to consider when building a new house, especially if you want to go green. Where the property is (northern or southern hemisphere) may determine a lot of things. This page is for a house in the north.
Do you want the river in front or back, where do you want solar panels(if any), or if you want to be able to see the moon at night. These and other questions can determine the location of your home.

   It may be best to have large windows facing the south to help with privacy, so, to see the moon, have the front of your house face north. Along with the windows, solar panels would also need to face south, because they need as much light as possible. Build on the northern side of the river to be able to see it out the windows.

 Design-

  Designing your new home to be green can be quite simple. Even if your not going green, this is a very important step, because you are probably going to live there for a majority of your life.

 Building materials-

A good first step is with your water systems. Use PEX pipe instead of copper. Pex isn't effected by heat as much as copper, is easy to work with, and costs a lot less (copper costs $3 per foot, pex costs abour 25 cents per foot).

    Greening it All Up-

  One good way to cool your home in the summer , without using much energy, is by adding a breeze way. This is a covered patio that goes strait thought your home, but can be closed off from the outside with two, large, retracktable walls. Breeze ways let air circulate through-out your home, while providing another nice large windowed area.

  Investing in more eco-friendly materials is a great way to go green. You can buy dish washers and toilets that use less water, by bamboo towels and sheets, or add an eco-drain. The drain uses water already warmed in your shower to help pre heat incoming water.

 Also, using cork wood flooring may be a good idea, because it is soft to walk on and is very eco-friendly. The cork tree is never cut down, the bark is just stripped every few years, then is let to regrow.

Heat Circulator-

  You can also build and place heat circulators on your roof. These can be build out of very common materials:

-wood

 -copper (sheets, strips, or even pennies)

-plexiglass sheets

-black spray paint

-nails

-glue

  First, create an open box with the wood and align the copper in rows in the bottom.

 

Next, paint everything black and place the glass cover over it, closing the box. Cut holes in each end and attach a pipe between your box and any room you wish to warm. This may raise a rooms temperature by 10*.

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