Electricity Saving Measures for Home Additions

There are some great energy saving websites including www.sustainabilityvictoria.vic.gov.au   www.energystar.gov.au . No one wants to be saving energy by wearing a heap of blankets in the living room or going to bed right on sundown. First one might start with an awareness of the most energy consuming appliances: like the air conditioner, clothes dryer, electric heater, electric kettle, electric hot water service and central heating. The sustainability website will provide energy consuming information on all your home  appliances. The USA website energystar gives one the energy saving features of appliances, for example a split system air conditioner is more efficient than a whole home air conditioner, a ceiling fan is even more efficient again. From a position of informed opinion, one can chose to use certain appliances on the cheap night electricity rate, or substitute them for gas appliances, like a gas Refridgerator, a gas hotwater service.

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Steps in Easy Home Staging for home renovating

Home Staging is all the rage on TV shows and increasingly popular in real world property sales. Real world results are showing a carefully Staged Home sells quicker and at a higher premium to the reserve price. Some key areas of Home Staging include-

1   De-cluttering which allows the home to show off the space and light in major rooms. Removing all those fridge magnets is an obvious move.

2   One might remove bulky, dark and damaged furniture, remove that old stereo unit.

3   Bring in the new furniture, one can hire it reasonably, new artwork, new dining tables, lounge suite, rugs, cushions, linen and  towels

4   Simple things like perfectionist cleaning and polished floors are critical.
I like to review Display Homes to keep up with the latest trends. Compare your home to other local homes, for sale in your area.
Hire a professional Stager. They will have ideas on colour, lighting, balance, accessories, artwork and furniture. One aim of Home Staging is to remove the excess of personal stuff, as it detracts from the ability of a buyer to reflect on their dream of living there. Another aim might be to remove the logical emphasis on the home buying decision and replace it with an emotional decision.

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Australia’s Population Future, effects the home market.

Much has been made of the projections of Australia’s population future. A Big Australia if you will. Much has been said about moderating the current rapid population growth. But a reduction in growth can only be stalled for a few years or it will have major unforeseen, adverse economic consequences. Thus the expectations are for a two year lull in rapid population growth. Macro Plan Australia’s, Brian Haratisis, projects Australia’ s 2050 population at 42 million. While, the government figures are 35 million. How will the State government plan their capital works to meet these needs? Western Australia is seen as the most progressive State in capital works planning. Apparently planning is way behind in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. Haratisis argues the housing industry needs to gear up to building nigh on 260,000 new homes a year: some fifty percent higher than the current rate of 180,000 a year.
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The Energy Efficient Easy Home renovating

Why should one bother with all these energy chiselling measures?

I am drawing on the gmagazine for some inspiration here. It appears from here and many other sources that electricity is getting a lot more expensive. The past history of cheap electricity for homes and businesses, based on brown coal is in the process of passing. So it will soon be financially efficient to measure and manage your electricity carefully. The age of cheap plentiful brown coal is passing. It is likely to be reprocessed for export markets. The government is moving to preference renewable sources, like Hydro, Wind, Solar, Geothermal, Bio energy and Ocean both tidal and wave power sources: these currently supply close to 7% of Australia’s need. Australia has large reserves of Natural gas and these can be argued are a fairly clean fuel. The Australian government Renewable Energy Target is 20% by 2020. In New Zealand, they are aiming for 90% by 2035. This can only be achieved with a likely Carbon Tax and higher energy prices, which make the renewables energy sources financially viable.
Most older homes could be rated as two to three star energy efficiency: I anticipate many home owners will be wanting to retrofit their homes to much higher energy star ratings. In the UK, new homes need to rank at ten star, everyone regards double glazing as deriguer. I have recently, made many such measures to improve the efficiency at my home.

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Passive Home heating Home Addition of Thermal Mass

One of the easy home heating and temperature moderation areas is by building in  home addition of Thermal mass. This refers to the storing of heat in areas like brick walls, concrete and tile floors. This heat gathered during the day, can be re-radiated back into the home during the night. All dense building products have high thermal mass indexes. The thermal lag refers to the delay time between outside heat from reaching the inside of the home. This is around eight hours for a brick veneer home or four hours for a weatherboard home. This can postpone or even eliminate the need for airconditioning. If you are home building or home  renovating it can be the best time to incorporate thermal mass into the home. A carefully placed brick wall home addition, is one of the best thermal mass products. A northern brick wall will gather heat in the winter and if well shaded in summer will prevent heat entering the home.

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