When I was looking for a apartment to transfer into I did not really know what I was doing.
I had some idea which village I would like to be located in and I knew that I wanted the backyard.
Other than that, I wasn’t sure what I was searching for. I knew that I would care about it when I saw it. Well, at first I loved the home that I moved into… But I have to say that I don’t like the daily bills as time goes on, and clearly, I did not choose particularly wisely when it comes to finding an eco-friendly home with energy efficiency built into the structure. I say this because my apartment has giant south and west facing windows. Why is this a problem? Because every morning I am subjected to air temperature swings created by the geographical layout of my home. Because I live in the south, it’s already plenty sizzling and humid everyday. My home really doesn’t need additional sunshine to pump heat into the indoor air. Unluckyly, with south-facing windows that’s exactly what I get. Every afternoon the indoor air is heated up higher and higher as the powerful sunshine to come streaming through my windows. The other issue is having so many west-facing windows, which encourages drafts to flow through my home and complicate my indoor air quality control settings. I have fluctuating indoor air uneven temperatures from room to room, depending on the presence of drafty windows. My windows to the west are slammed with powerful breezes that really provide my central heating and cooling system a run for their currency. Next time I search for a location to live, I’m going to make sure the home is oriented away from these indoor air quality nightmares.
