{"id":2126,"date":"2016-04-05T11:42:56","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T03:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/?p=2126"},"modified":"2016-04-05T11:42:56","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T03:42:56","slug":"design-for-zero-net","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/2016\/04\/05\/design-for-zero-net\/","title":{"rendered":"Design for Zero Net"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1. Design for Zero Net<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cost-effective zero net energy homes begin with the design. This is a very critical starting point!<\/li>\n<li>The designer or architect should be familiar with all the steps involved in building a net zero home as outlined below, and should design the home so that these steps can be achieved in as cost-effective manner as possible.<\/li>\n<li>The design should specify the following: the siting of the home to take advantage of the sun; the wall, floor and ceiling systems using advanced framing techniques; the insulation R-values for walls, ceiling, and floors; the airtightness standard for the building shell; measures to avoid thermal bridging; the window type, locations and u-values; the door type, locations and R-values; the hot water system and its efficiency rating; the ventilation and heating\/cooling systems and their efficiency ratings; the southern roof over-hangs to maximize winter sun exposure and minimize heat from the summer sun; the appliances and their efficiency ratings; the roof size, pitch and orientation to get the most benefit from the solar panels installed; and all other measures that are needed for the home to become a net zero energy home in the most cost effective manner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Twelve Steps to Affordable Zero Energy Home Construction<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Design for Zero Net Cost-effective zero net energy homes begin with the design. This is a very critical starting point! The designer or architect should be familiar with all the steps involved in building a net zero home as outlined below, and should design the home so that these steps can be achieved in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/2016\/04\/05\/design-for-zero-net\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Design for Zero Net&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18926,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18926"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}