| When building a house, it is important that a home | | | | movement can be done simply by studying the sun's |
| owner studies the effects of the sun on his future | | | | daily path. Additionally, one should pay particular |
| home. He or she should carefully study the path way | | | | attention to the window location in the rooms as |
| of the sun's progress and its effect of heat and light | | | | they stream light and heat indiscriminately into the |
| on the rooms in the house. Many home owners build | | | | house. Generally a home that is in harmony with its |
| their houses negligent of this fact and then after | | | | environment is open to sunshine and breeze, yet it |
| moving in realize that the sun creates much more | | | | protects and shades the residents because of |
| heat than expected within certain rooms of the | | | | thoughtful interior design. Ideally, during the |
| house. Thus when designing the floor plan these are | | | | construction phase a house owner needs to consider |
| significant elements to take into consideration. | | | | ventilation and heat as major issues of concern. |
| Remember when constructing try to minimize locating | | | | When considering the layout and design of rooms in |
| the high traffic rooms in direct line of the sun's travel. | | | | a house, one must be wary of the climate. If a |
| Perhaps the best designed houses are known for | | | | house is built in a tropical country then the scheme |
| making proper use of the physical setting and the | | | | should be quite different to houses in temperate |
| natural landscape surrounding the house. Many home | | | | zones. Generally for houses being constructed in a |
| owners tend to forget the fact that the setting of a | | | | hot humid climate or a hot dry climate, a home |
| house embraces not only the immediate surroundings | | | | owner may want to consider a design that boasts of |
| but also the distant views. A house can boast of a | | | | magnificent views of sunrises and sunsets while |
| thousand times more beauty than another simply | | | | avoiding the heat. He or she should also focus on |
| because of the surrounding natural features on the | | | | designing in order to allow cooling breezes to pass |
| land. The occurrence of flora and fauna coupled with | | | | through the home naturally. Whereas for those who |
| the way the sun rises and sets over a house | | | | live in cooler climates, solar heating capabilities of the |
| certainly lends a home an aesthetic splendor! | | | | sun can be quite an advantage for minimizing heating |
| For a home owner, understanding how the land and | | | | bills. |
| the house work in accordance with the sun's | | | | |