enviromental systems in a row
Environmental systems analysis of 2358 Flora St I chose to analyze an old three-story row house in Clifton. It happens to be the place I am subleasing currently. Although I have not had too much time to spend in it, since I spend all of my time in studio, I have noticed some major problems in the design and implementation of the environmental systems. I will go through some of these environmental issues and how they relate or don't relate to the architecture and recommend an improvement.The House is in a moderate climate, which means that you have to consider adequate heating for the cold parts of winter and enough cooling for the dog days of summer also. The orientation of the house was not considered at all for any environmental reasons. The narrow facade of the row house faces west, while the southern side is totally blocked from any sunlight by the adjacent row house. The shadow that is cast in between the buildings presents a few problems. One of them being no solar gain on the southern side of the house and the other is the walkway to the sidewalk takes so much longer for the ic
Once again though I feel that the other side of the street would have been a better orientation for my house, because the east side would have been the bedrooms instead of the staircases. The best solution would be to totally rewire the whole house. And the light switches that do work are sometimes very flaky; sometimes they work, and sometimes they don't. There are many problems the major one is probably the heat loss and transfer of cold air through the rickety windows, but I guess that is what I get for living in the ghetto. If my house were n the other side of the street, then the bedrooms would be shielded from the cold winter winds and the staircases in the back of the house would be the buffer. My bedroom has two windows on the west side and a window on the south. The south widow does nothing except lose all the heat that the furnace is pumping and the west windows may allow for a little bit of solar gain but any energy that is stored in the room is quickly lost through the poorly sealed and glazed windows. It is a forced air unit that works rather poorly mainly because of the placement of the supply and return vents. On the subject of artificial light, or electrical light, it is pretty poor throughout the house, mainly the wiring. The sound travels directly through the ductwork. There is absolutely no vegetation around my house, so it can't provide any protection from the cold northwesterly winds that blow right through the glass in my bedroom windows. When you enter through the door on the first level, there is no light switch to turn on lights to navigate your way up the stairs. In conclusion I would have to say that my house was designed and built with only the rationale of fitting as much housing on either side of the street without any regard for environmental issues such as orientation on the site. It would be idea to have the sun wake you up in the morning.
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