WEEK 9

RESEARCH: ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY AS REASONS TO PRODUCE ECONOMICAL SAVINGS IN AN ARCHITECTURAL BUILDING.

This week’s research will be based on potential ways to improve my “Tiny House” project. I will look for ecological and sustainable aspects that my house can potentially provide so that the customer can get even better benefits in terms of economy.

I have already implemented ecological and sustainable features on my project.

• Reduced Space House (helps ecologically as it produce savings in terms of materials, space, and also in the impact that a house can cause environmentally).
• Eco-friendly Cement (ecological material that reduce environmental impact up to a 40% more than normal cement. It can be used as a 3D printing material for the construction of the house)

I will based my research regarding some of my project limitations such as weather conditions, affordability, and location site.

Solar Panels:

• Solar panel are geometrical box-like panels which are placed generally in the roof of a building in order to caption sunlight and then transform it into electricity
• This system uses Photo-voltaic Cells (PV) in order to attract sunlight and then convert it into electricity.
• They are used as a new ecological and sustainable way to get electricity.

The Energy Saving Trust Limited (2015). What are Solar Panels. [online] Solar Panel. Available at: https://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/renewable-energy/electricity/solar-panels [Accessed 15 Jul. 2019].

Examples of Solar Panels on Tiny Houses:

VERTICAL GARDENS:

This is a reinvented planting technique to raised vegetation and at the same time save space (influenced by ancient vertical planting methods). Based on the use of a vertical suspended panel that can be either freestanding or attached to a wall. Depending on the dimension of it, the vertical garden can grow form very tiny plants to huge vegetable and fruit plants.

Ambius (2016). What Are Vertical Gardens? | Ambius. [online] Ambius.com. Available at: https://www.ambius.com/green-walls/what-are-vertical-gardens/ [Accessed 15 Jul. 2019].

I have found a basic way in order to create or come up with a vertical garden.

These are the summarize steps:

First: Choose the wall you will have your vertical garden

Second: Build a frame with the dimension of your desire

Third: Attach plastic sheeting and fabric as the foundation of the frame.

Fourth: Set up an irrigation system

Fifth: Add a fertiliser injector and then attach the irrigation system to your water source.

Sixth: Finally choose and then insert the plants into the garden.

Popular Mechanics (n.d.). How to Start a Vertical Garden. [online] Popular Mechanics. Available at: https://www.popularmechanics.com/home/how-to-plans/how-to/g847/how-to-start-a-vertical-garden/ [Accessed 15 Jul. 2019].

Examples of Vertical Gardens in Tiny Houses: