House Energy Efficiency

Faced with this situation in the state have an energy crisis that continues to prolonged, inevitably almost all homes are required to downsize, especially in terms of electrical energy consumption.

Realize energy-efficient homes is not really a difficult thing to do, which is important you know how and want to apply it. One of the easiest ways to do yet often overlooked is the saving of the household electricity use. There are a lot of our home electronic appliances, all furniture should not be used, let alone be used simultaneously. Set pemakaianya wisely, so that electrical energy consumption at home you do not have to be extravagant. Here are some tips you can do to save electricity at home:

Lighting

Proper placement of the light point at the time of planning can reduce the burden of electricity consumption at home. Adjust the function of a room with lighting needs. Kabutuhan lighting for bedrooms will be different from the family room. Placement and window openings at the time of the planning and design needs to consider the intensity of natural light into the room, so that by day in the room enough to use natural lighting without having to turn on the lights.

Get used to sleeping in the dark, or place garden lights (outside) refracts the light into the bedroom. To you who are used to illuminate may use a small lamp placed beside the bed, a small light of more energy efficient. Savings can also be done by replacing incandescent bulbs with fluorescent lamp is more energy efficient. An energy-saving fluorescent lamp 11 watt incandescent light equivalent to 60 watts. Means that there are power savings of 80% or 49 watts.

TV and avoid installing additional devices (audio and video) in the bedroom design if already have it in the family room. Do not forget to turn off the TV to turn off via the switch, if the TV off the stand by the position of the electrical energy required for stand-by position is 10 watts. If the TV every day die in a state of stand-by for 15 hours, meaning you’ll save 150 Wh / day, resulting in a month will save electrical energy by 4.5 KwH.

Air Circulation

Application of the concept of good natural ventilation in houses helps reduce electrical energy consumption. If the air circulation in the area of ??toilet (WC) is well designed, it does not require an exhaust fan. Similarly, if the circulation of air in the kitchen is right, do not need a vacuum smoke (cooker hood). Each room sebaikanya air ventilation is provided, so that air circulation can run well. A room should have fresh air all the time, so that the condition of the room is stuffy and smelly.

Image Family Room With Door openings and the Good Air Circulation

In addition to natural ventilation, every house ideally at least one tree planted to serve as a shade. Trees can reduce the temperature of the environment resulting from the evaporation of the leaves. With decreasing temperature, then you will feel more comfortable to perform activities within the home and does not require more energy-efficient air conditioning and electricity.

If your home is forced to use air conditioning (AC), power must be adjusted by the area. Set air conditioning to get enough room temperature, avoid making the room temperature is too cold. Based on research, comfortable temperature in the move of Indonesia is 26 ° C. Do other things such as: closing doors, windows and vents the hot air from the room to the outside did not come into the room. Do not forget to turn off air conditioning when rooms are not used.

When the room is not used, open the windows and doors to get fresh air. Placing the air conditioning as far as possible from the sun directly to the cooling effect is not reduced. Do not forget to clean the filter (filter) with regular air. If little things are done, then the AC will still excellent condition, so keep saving energy consumption.

Clean Water

Clean water is one of the basic needs of households. Engine water pump is one of the common tools that we often encounter in the home, most of the water pump using a large enough electric power. You should provide a tank or reservoir of water large enough to serve the high water consumption at home. By filling the water tank or reservoir is full, it means you reduce the intensity of the use of pumps resulting in reduced electrical load.

With a large water tank, water pump machine just switched on when water tank is completely empty. Household should use the engine water pump is set automatically to fill the tank when the water level decreased in extent and will stop filling automatically when water tank filled to the full limit. This will save on electricity consumption for the pump will stop working when the water reservoir is fully charged. If you forget to turn off the engine pump, then pump the machine will automatically stop by itself.

Sources : House Energy Efficiency : http://architectaria.com/merencanakan-rumah-yang-hemat-energi.html

How to Clean Maintenance and Preserve Wood Furniture

The following tips can help you determine the best way to care for your furniture.

Cleaning Wood Furniture:

Unfinished woods. For unfinished wood furniture, use a lemon oil polish. Mineral oil can also be used, but apply sparingly since mineral oil is flammable. Apply lemon oil with the grain of wood to prevent damage.

Oiled wood. Dust and dirt can easily get stuck in the finish of oiled wood furniture. To prevent this, wipe your wood furniture daily to keep it shiny and clean. Treat the wood on occasion by oiling it with furniture oil. You can even make homemade furniture oil to polish your wood furniture with by mixing linseed oil and turpentine.

Painted wood. Vacuum or wipe crumbs, dust and dirt off of painted wood furniture daily to prevent scratches and stains on the furniture. To keep your painted wood furniture at its best, you’ll want to occasionally touch up the furniture by sanding and repainting it.

Polished wood. The best way to clean and preserve polished wood furniture is to wipe it daily with a soft cloth and to use liquid or aerosol furniture polish frequently. A paste wax can be used to fill deep scratches, and a liquid polish will make most minor scratches disappear.

Daily protection. You can protect your wood table surfaces from daily wear and tear with tablecloths and pads, as well as using a glass topper. Chair pads can protect wood chairs, as well. The less direct contact your wooden furniture receives, the easier it will be to preserve your furniture so it will last.

Fading and cracking. To keep your wood furniture from fading and cracking, keep it out of direct sunlight, as well as away from windows, doors and heat vents that can cause the furniture to be exposed to too much heat and cold.

Special woods. There are many specialty woods used to make wood furniture. Woods like bamboo and teak need to be wiped down with a damp cloth daily to maintain moisture, while other woods need specific cleaners. Make sure you read and understand care instructions for all your furniture.

How to Clean Maintenance and Preserve Wood Furniture - Sources : http://www.overstock.com/guides/how-to-clean-and-preserve-wood-furniture

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This information is important to know , that make you not cheating by fools Architect which is only looking for a huge benefit. Some Architect firms in Bali use a different method to showing you an Architects fees :

• By procentage : Fixed fees are usually based on an a project’s allocated construction cost and can range between 2 and 12% of new construction cost, for commercial and institutional projects, depending on a project’s size and complexity. Residential projects range from 12 to 20%. Renovation projects typically command higher percentages, as high as 15-20%. Sources by Architects fees.
• By land dimension : usually some of Architects firm in Bali has their own Price table.
• By Intuition : This is usually check by the floorplan difficulty , this is not good for price purpose as well.

You can check to some of Architect firm in Bali, to find out how much they will charge you for Architects fees. The solution is find on google search ” Architect in Bali ” and find at lease 7 Architects firm. Give they little bit information and ask them to send you a purpose letter with the price calculation.

I think that is little bit information regarding Architects fees in Bali.