"7 secrets of sustainable architecture" an article in SPACES is an nice frame work to understand ECO-house design. In this link there more resource links so worth to refer it.
The following checklist is an list of substantive measures:
Insulating building envelop
1. SIP panels
2. Trombe wall construction
Locating different elements :
3. Trees as shading and microclimate
Renewable energy and resource use
4. Radiant floor heating: Solar energy systems has installed in Patan Hospital.
5. Solar water heater - Vaccum tube, simple home made pipe qoil
6. Solar PV cell
7. Rainwater harvesting
8. Geo-thermal energy - 125 ft down 55 degree temperature
9. Bamboo flooring – relatively far more renewable than wood – avoids loss of trees.
Use of recycled materials
10. Recycled content counter top
11. Use of briquettes as fuel
12. Demolition Material reuse
13. Recycled tiles for roof.
Replenish Natural Resource
14. Ground water recharge
15. Hardscape - permeable
16. Drain taken to the yard to recharge pits
Recycle waste – use as resource
17. Waste Separation
18. Disposal
19. Composting
20. Bio gas plant - household or Communal
21. ECO-SAN toilets - Urine collection, Feces composting, waste water reuse
22. DEWATS - composite of septic tank, biogas, reed bed treatment
23. Grey water flush
Resilience to disaster
24. Earthquake resistance.
Low energy and resource use
Appliances
25. Low-Flow water fixtures
26. Energy Star Appliances
27. Microwave heater for cooking - no heat loss.
Building Material
28. Alternatives to brick - compressed mud brick, concrete blocks
29. bond of brick - Rat Trap Brick Masonry
Healthy Material
30. no-VOC paints
31. Avoid carcinogenic material like asbestos etc.
Ecological life style
32. urban Farming - kitchen garden, terrace garden, or farm
33. Plantation - ecologically designed landscape
34. Be Productive - No or less lawn
Settlement Planning
35. Compact planning
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