Ngaba uhlaza kuthetha i-LEED? Umbala othile? Funda ukuze ufumane.
Ngaba luhlaza okomakhaya ngenxa yokuba uyipende loo mbala? Okanye ngenxa yendlela eyanceda ngayo okanye ehlonipha imeko? Ngamhla, ikhaya "eliluhlaza" kaninzi kunokuba lithetha ngesakhiwo esinobuhlobo bendalo. Yenza igalelo elifanelekileyo kummandla; okanye ubuncinane unempembelelo embi kuphela. Akukho mgangatho omnye malunga nento eyenza indlu eluhlaza. Nangona kunjalo, njengomgaqo oqhelekileyo, kulula ukuba ikhaya libe "luhlaza" ngokwenene ukuba lenzelwe ngaloo ndlela xa lwakhiwe.
Ukunceda iPlaneti kunye nokuvelisa i-Greenbacks
Ukulondolozwa kweplanethi isele sizathu esibalulekileyo sokuhamba eluhlaza. Kodwa kuninzi ukuhamba ngokuluhlaza kunezizathu ezizimeleyo zomntu. Enyanisweni, zikho izizathu zezimali eziphambili eziqhuba "indawo eluhlaza". Izindlela ezininzi zokwakha eziluhlaza zingalondoloza iikhampani zokwakha ngenkcitho zakha, kwaye zigcine imali yabathengi basekhaya xa zihamba. Iintlobo zeenkontileka ziquka ukubuyisela kwakhona izinto ezithile nokunciphisa inkunkuma yokwakha. Ukwakha indlu enezibonelelo (izixhobo kunye nezabasebenzi) ezifumaneka kwendawo zigcina ukungcola koothutho ubuncinane. Isisombululo sokwakha eziluhlaza okanye ukufakwa ekhaya kungagcina amawaka emigidi yamanzi ngonyaka kwaye kunciphise amandla kunye neendleko zegesi ngo-30%.
Ukuyila kwi-Greenness
Uluhlu lwamathuba okuya eluhlaza kunye nokugcina imali lukhulu. Isofthiwe yolawulo lokwakha inokukunceda ulandele izinto eziphambili njenge:
- Ukufumana ikhaya kwindawo elula yokuthutha izithuthi zikawonkewonke ukunceda ukugcina ukukhutshwa kwezithuthi ezizimeleyo.
- Ukugxininisa ikhaya ukuze lihlale lifudumele ebusika kwaye lipholile ehlobo. Oku kunceda ukunciphisa iindleko zokufudumala kunye neemoya zomoya kubanikazi basekhaya. Ukubeka imithi emthunzini kwizikhundla ezicwangcisekileyo kuyisisombululo sendalo esingakumbi sokuphila kangcono kwiindleko eziphantsi.
- Ukusebenzisa izinto eziphathekayo ezinobungozi ezikhusela amachiza amachiza. Ukhuseleko lokwakha luphuculwe kubasebenzi kunye nomgangatho womoya wangaphakathi ukunyuka kwabo bahlala ekhaya.
- Ukusebenza kwamandla ngokubonelela ngezixhobo zasendlini ezifana nefridji ezinokusetyenziswa kwamandla aphantsi, kodwa kunye nokubeka bhetele iifestile ukuvumela ukukhanya okungokwemvelo ekhaya.
- Ukusebenza kwamanzi kunye nokufakela ucoceko kunye nezixhobo ezinjengeemashini zokuhlamba ezisebenzisa amanzi amancinci, kunye nokuqokelela okuncitshisiweyo komhlaba kunye nokuqokelela kwamanzi emvula.
- Ukuveliswa kwamandla ngokusebenzisa izixhobo zamandla avuselelekayo, njengama-panels solar ukushushumbisa amanzi nokuvelisa umbane. Abanikazi bekhaya abavelisa amandla abo bangathengisa umbane ongaphezulu kwiinkampani zamandla kwiimeko ezithile. Ikhaya liba liziko leenzuzo endaweni yeziko leendleko!
Ndiyabulela kule mivuzo eyahlukeneyo, amakhaya aluhlaza angayala kwakhona ukuthenga okuphezulu nokubuyisela amaxabiso.
Ngubani othi ikhaya lihlaza?
Imibutho eyaziwayo ikhoyo ukukunceda ukukhokela iiprojekthi zokwakha kwaye unikezele isatifikethi sokuba amakhaya anobungqongileyo. Njengonkontileka, zakho iinketho ziquka:
- I-LEED (Ubunkokeli kwiMandla kunye noKwakheka kweNdalo) isiqinisekiso esivela kwi-US Green Building Council, ngoku sele isetyenziswa kumazwe ngamazwe.
- Izikhokelo zoKwakha zoKwakha zaseKhaya eziMaqambi ezivela kwiNational Association of Builders Home
- Izilinganiso zeNkwenkwezi zamandla ezixhobo, kodwa nakwizakhiwo zokwakha ezifana neefestile. Ekuqaleni waseMelika, inkqubo ye-Energy Star iye yamkelwa kwakhona ngoku iYurophu kwakunye ne-Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, naseTaiwan.
- Ukulinganiswa kwe- Air Plus yekhwalithi yomoya wangaphakathi. Ukulinganisa kuchazwa yi-EPA (i-US Environmental Protection Agency) ukulawula ukunyuswa kwamanzi kunye nokuphungula umoya, nokunciphisa ubumba kunye nokuchithwa kweekhemikhali, i-gases, kunye nezinye izinto ezingcolileyo.
- Amanani ama-WaterSense (nakwi-EPA) banceda abenzi bokuklama ukwenza iimveliso eziphezulu zamanzi njengenxalenye yeprojekthi, kunye nokukhokela ukhetho lwababuyiselwa ekhaya.