Energy efficient building design

Abstract

The present invention relates to an energy efficient housing and to a method of providing an energy efficient housing wherein building material and house structure aim to provide a system effectively using external temperature for house needs. The house is built of multilayered blocks having layers of concrete and layer of mixture of concrete, cellulose fiber and sand surrounded with exterior and interior stucco finish layers prepared by a simplified process. The concrete layer has a plurality of air passages with baffles used for transferring of hot and cool air which change the temperature from the house walls and roof heated with sun radiation or cooled by cold outside air. The hot air is transferred to a hot air reservoir for further household needs and cool air is transferred to a cold air reservoir.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention generally relates to energy efficient housing and, more particularly, to a method of providing energy efficient housing wherein building material and structure provide a system effectively using external temperature for heating and other energy needs of the building.[0003]2. Background Description[0004]Efficiency of buildings in terms of energy consumption is affected mostly by two major factors: source of energy and insulation. In terms of energy source, contemporary housing usually relies on central heating systems which can be run on gas, oil, electricity or solar energy. However, all the above sources are costly and largely inefficient. Even buildings which use solar panels for collecting energy still require very expensive equipment which is usually susceptible to damage in order to collect and preserve energy of the sun in electrical form. However, conversion to electrical energy introduces a...

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Benefits of technology

[0009]It is another object of the invention to provide a structure which provide such advantages while being fabricated by a simple method suitable for mass production as well as a simplified procedure for preparing materials fro the same.

Problems solved by technology

However, all the above sources are costly and largely inefficient.

Even buildings which use solar panels for collecting energy still require very expensive equipment which is usually susceptible to damage in order to collect and preserve energy of the sun in electrical form.

However, conversion to electrical energy introduces additional inefficiency as well as being costly and, therefore, such systems are not in widespread use.

During the day, the sun heats all outside walls and roof of the house but the solar panels can capture only a small fraction of this heat since it is not practical or aesthetically acceptable to cover all outside building areas with solar panels even though solar energy can be used more effectively than other energy sources.

However, the system still requires solar panels which should be installed on a roof of a building and does not collect energy incident on the remainder of the building.

Storage of heat also presents problems since solar energy cannot be collected at night and known collector panels are structurally, by their nature, good radiators of heat energy to the environment.

Unfortunately, many materials having good insulation properties cannot carry significant structural loads and vice-versa.

For instance, cellulose as an additive to concrete can provide advantageous insulating qualities but has proven difficult to suitably prepare.

However, such blocks cannot be used on outside building surfaces since they contain cellulose fibers which can be affected by moisture.

Moreover, there is currently no known construction method or structure which can effectively use a building environment as an energy source or sink consistent with simple and inexpensive construction techniques.

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