The fact that we as a global community have become a heavy burden on our planet in many ways has increased the need for the subject of energy ecology to become our primary focus when planning to build a home for our families. How serious should this concern be? It used to be, back in the seventies, that the primary concern was to conserve energy and try not to ruin the Earth with our greedy consumption of energy, eco-system pollution habits, and taking our environment for granted – now it has become a dire need to erase the “carbon footprint” we have scorched upon our world, and undo the damage we have done over the past few decades. Times have changed from having concerns for what we may possibly do to ourselves and our planet in the not-too-distant future, to finding it more than mandatory to find ways out of the self-destructive corner we’ve all rather quickly painted ourselves into.
This is why we all need to get serious not only with our energy consumption, but with our choices in the way in which it is produced. Further, we can’t just simply wait for the power companies who produce energy to convert to solar, geo-thermal, or any other “green” means of production, we have to get into it ourselves. Becoming more energy eco-focused is what is needed. For this reason, some homes are now being built with certain energy eco-systems built in, such as geothermal systems which use heat pumps to extract heat from the ground, along with other built-in energy eco-systems such as solar panel arrays on rooftops, and precise placements of windows for the best benefits of lighting, heat and ventilation, as well as others.
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Consuming less energy has become some sort of a sporting activity across the globe. Countries and individuals are competing, who will manage to save more. It is especially actual in the times of fuel crisis with more and more people entering so called fuel poverty.
But it is not just about saving money. We all have been too reckless about using nature’s resources. We have to consider several factors here. We cannot take from nature without a limit. Unfortunately, the natural resources are not bottomless – the oil and coal will come to an end some time in the future.
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