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Creating a Healthy Home

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Home and health are the two things are inseparable in the life of today’s modern society.That’s why housing is always associated with health requirements. This means that residents avoid the various diseases, especially infectious diseases. Health is no longer the problem of doctors only, designer / architect who planned to stay home also has a role to improve health care quality through the design of the house occupants of the house he made.

To determine the design of the house in the process of construction, architect of the position can not be released. The role of architects who design houses offer a good fit with the ability of home owners, should be aligned with the role of prospective residents who have health awareness. Both are equal and parallel, because the house that meets the requirements of healthy, also means keeping the environment clean.

To obtain a residential (home) a decent, home environment must meet health requirements. Otherwise, it will have an interactive relationship that adversely impact health. Healthy house is very much its aspects, among others, there are aspects of sociology, physics, chemistry and biology.

In the current era, the construction of houses is based on several considerations. Financial factors into consideration for a mediocre economy. While strong economic consumer build a house by taking into account only the beauty and luxury.

The criteria based on the needs of healthy house including the healthy size and the size of the healthy house floor. Ideal for one person requires 4.5 m2 floor area and for children aged 1-10 years is about 1.5 m2. During this small house filled with lots of family content, making it seem crowded. Thus, neglected aspect of family growth. The more occupants in a house, especially the narrow, more and more colonies of germs. And this will obviously result in occupants experiencing respiratory illness.

Aspect is also important to note is the ventilation. That is, the floor of the house must be strung together a good ventilation system, in order to get clean air quality. The results, good ventilation approach based on health is 10-20 percent of the floor area of ​​the house.

Air is an important element to support health. We can not postpone breathe, but if we’re thirsty, we are still able to delay drinking for a while. And unfortunately in our homes often find sources of pollution, especially smoke from burning stove, paint, asbestos. All this contributes to indoor air quality.

Finally the physical environment, radiation from televisions, radios, other electronic equipment as well as noise. Employment in radio and television companies, according to one study, there were complaints menstrual disorders. It is said that this is the adverse effect of the radio radiation. Therefore need further research, whether even this can be suffered by the occupants of the house?. The need for housing is dominant, and public awareness for healthy living at home is increasing. It’s certainly not loose with the mushrooming of housing-housing development in suburban areas by the developer (the developer).

Although aspects of beauty culture and luxury has its own meaning, but when viewed from the point of health, healthy housing is not being met or not depends on two things mentioned above. Based on the report of the American Public Health Association (1959), one house is deemed in accordance with the principles of health if it meets four basic requirements.

- First, unable to meet basic physiological needs of residents.
- Second, is able to meet basic psychological needs of residents.
- Third, to protect residents from possible outbreaks of infectious diseases.
- Fourth, to protect the occupants against the possibility of harm to an accident.

In other words, the house is completely healthy is a house that can guarantee the preservation of the health of its occupants. The luxurious house, if the occupants are always falling ill, then this is not a healthy home. In contrast, although his health is relatively simple, but when the occupants can be assured, then the house can be regarded as a healthy home.

In the end, this healthy home issues can not be separated from the inhabitants themselves.By maintaining cleanliness in the home health means environment come awake. If the house and a healthy environment, then formed what is called a healthy home.

The Healthy Homes with Garden Inside the Houses

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Building a house in narrow land is often make some room in the house does not fully get the lighting and fresh air / natural. As a result some of the room was dark and stuffy, so that lights and air conditioners must be kept lit at all times. This method avoided whenever possible, because in addition to unhealthy consumption of electrical energy is also a wasteful . This contrasts with the go green issue these days we often hear.

Some types of building lighting and air circulation problems such as exposure above is the residential houses that arrangement designed Couple (town houses or row houses), or the houses densely populated area, there is usually a house built on plots of stretching land  (eg: 10 mx 30 m). In buildings like this, the center of the building was stuffy, hot and dark.

One way to overcome this problem is by designing and placing the open park in the building (inner courtyard), among the spaces that have no direct relationship with the area and the outside air. Esplanade that is placed in the middle of the building will provide air and natural lighting for the room during the day.

The size of the park need not be large, just provide space to taste, about 1 mx 1m, 1 mx 2 m or 2 mx 2 m. That must be considered is the park directly connected with the outside air, without a cover, not roofed. If you are worried occur when rain falls, use of fiber roof that passed the light, and give a large cavity for air circulation.

Park in the home does not have to be filled by the plant / vegetation is too dense, the composition of the park could have been dominated by rocks, Peebles, or can with a combination of water (swimming) and aquatic plants (lotus, etc.) Spaces adjacent to the park given the maximum aperture. Ventilation large, wide glass windows or sliding doors that create an opening towards the garden grew, so the intensity of light and circulation towards the room more smoothly.

If the design of your house are many rooms in the middle of buildings that have no source of natural lighting and fresh air, then you should add some parks open spaces around them. Middle of the room so that the building was still a supply of fresh air and natural lighting during the day perfect time.

3 Essentials Elements for Tropical House Design

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It was fortunate we are a tropical region, the climate is changing several times a year.Owning a home is very pleasant tropical, warm climate and rainfall in turn we feel.Because of such conditions, design and home decorating tropical requires warm climate and rainfall. What should be considered in designing and decorating the tropical house? Here are 3 (three) important things you should consider ..

The High Temperature

Tropical home design should have a large aperture. Doors and windows with wide openings. The distance between the floor and the ceiling is high, and vents for air circulation inside the house. Ventilation and air circulation is important to improve the comfort and health of residents. The difference in air pressure inside and outside the home makes the air is always moving, so that the heat and humidity is not trapped inside the house. The use of ceiling or on a concrete slab two-story house between the ceiling allow air to hold the roof, so that the space underneath much cooler. Aluminum foil is also good to protect the house from overheating.

The High Rainfall

Tropical region we feel the two seasons with extreme differences, the hot dry season and dry, and wet rainy seasons with high rainfall. When the rainy season make sure that the angle of slope of the roof enough to drain water quickly. For the tropical region we can design roof slope with an angle between 30 up to 45 degrees. Awnings over the windows to protect the direct sunlight and rain exposure. Note the arrangement or connection element roof coverings, If you use a tile roof make sure the connection between good enough so that water does not seep through the gap. If you use metals such as zinc roof, make sure the nail or screw her rubber coated so water does not seep. You can also use aluminum foil between the frame and the roof rafters in order to protect it from overheating and the seepage of rain water.

The High Humidity

High humidity increases the risk to the danger of building mold and termites. Humidity can be overcome with adequate sunlight. Do not get too much sun exposure because it causes the temperature inside the room to rise, but moist enough to overcome and kill the fungus. In areas that are still traditional society we may know that the window wide open in the morning until noon. Removing the mattress and leave them to clean up mold and fleas.That was supposed to house tropical, ensure adequate supply of air and sunlight. Ensure that all rooms receive sunlight, to use the bathroom and the lattice bovenlicht wind. If you couple the house, use a blower to circulate air and make a play holes and skylights to absorb sunlight. So is the kitchen, keep it fresh. Use to inhale the smoke exhauster and provide a window allow sufficient sunlight. Remember, the kitchen is a potentially very large area inhabited by bacteria and fungi.

Thus 3 (three) things you should consider in planning a tropical house. Planning is good but make the stay comfortable and healthy homes also prevent you from financial losses. Houses that are not well planned reshuffle at risk occur in the future and certainly wasting your money.

Air Conditioning (AC) and Its Effect On Health Home Residents

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Is the AC affect the health of occupants of the house? Find out how you can enjoy the air conditioning without having to get into trouble.

Can you imagine in urban homes area with a high temperature without using the AC? Many people who need it, very uncomfortable when a house with a hot air with no air conditioning. But in addition to its benefits, many researchers believe AC also have unfavorable effects. Let’s find out why it happened.

Problems associated with air-conditioning comes up due to their excessive use. With remote control, its operation becomes very easy, just rely on the fingertips. As a result, many thought, the more frequent and longer use the AC, the better. But they are not. Some experts said that the AC exacerbate the effects of arthritis sufferers (inflammation of the joints) and neuritis (inflammation of the nerves). AC also exacerbate the effects of sinus sufferers. In addition to the easy and quick reaction looks like the above, the AC also have subtle reactions in long-term adverse effect on the health of someone.

Results of research on people who live in air-conditioned room in a long time shows that they are more susceptible to disease colds, and flu than people who work outdoors or are not exposed to AC. It also suggests that the body can experience stress when faced with temperature changes suddenly, from the hot weather outside the house and then entered the house using a water conditioner (AC).

In addition, the research also revealed that people who have been accustomed to being in a room or an air-conditioned environment is very difficult to cope and adapt to the summer. Many of those who experience pain due to a significant temperature change between the outside of elbow room temperature between 30-45 degrees Celsius and the temperature inside the room between 10-15 degrees centigrade. This temperature change will bring bad influence on the health of someone.

AC car is also a problem for the rider. Microorganisms have been found in automobile cooling units that can danger respiratory tract. Researchers at Louisiana State Medical Centre have identified the fungus that live in 22 of the 25 cars tested. Vehicle refrigeration units can also cause Legionnaire’s disease (Legionella pneumonia; Pontiac fever), an acute respiratory tract infection caused by Legionella bacteria Pneumophilia and other species of Legionella; which can cause a series of diseases, ranging from mild cough and fever to pneumonia. If cooling the vehicle using a cheap filter and not cared for properly, then the pollutant will be recirculated and certainly not very good for the health of motorists in the cabin.

Indeed, use of air conditioning is not always produce negative effects, there is still benefit from it. When the weather outside the home heat, air conditioning create a comfortable atmosphere in the room. AC can remove heat rash from the disease, reducing fever, clearing the air is dirty, etc.

The decision to use air conditioning of course depends on you. After considering the pros and cons, perhaps most people will keep using it, but use it wisely. Condition at room temperature is not too cold, and do not too depend on AC. If you are new to building a house, ask your architect to design a house with good air circulation. If the house was already built, plant lots of trees for the home environment becomes more calm and cool.