Category: Environment

As the name suggests, natural ventilation is a passive ventilation system that uses natural forces, such as wind and thermal imbalance, to move air to and from an indoor space. The function of these ventilation systems is to regulate the temperature of the internal air as well as to introduce fresh air and remove polluted air. This is made possible by opening and closing windows and openings in the walls that act both as a source of fresh air and as an outlet for polluted air. BV Froid, the expert…

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When building your home, you must pay special attention to the choice of building materials. Indeed, the great evolution of today’s construction technologies offers a wide range of durable, synthetic and natural materials. The advantages of wooden architecture are obvious. If you want to build a house as quickly as possible, minimizing financial investments in a qualitative way, you should certainly turn your attention to this material. We are currently witnessing a growing popularity of wood as a building material. Find out why with Ignace Grifo. The advantages of wood…

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A hybrid heat pump is the combination of a high-efficiency gas condensing boiler and a high-performance heat pump. Thanks to its intelligent control, both generators can be operated simultaneously to optimise the overall performance of the system. Free and inexhaustible, up to 75% of the energy used by the heat pump is contained in the outside air. According to Alpes Énergies nouvelles, this technology allows you to make significant savings. The hybrid heat pump is the ideal solution for the production of heating and domestic hot water required for all…

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Intact and functional nature is at the heart of the search for solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems, including climate change and biodiversity loss, not to mention sustainable food production. Thierry Logre explains what this is all about. Large-scale transformation of the Earth It goes without saying that human activity has a profound impact on the Earth. A century ago, only 15% of the Earth’s surface was used for farming and livestock. Today, human activities have altered more than 77% of the land (excluding Antarctica) and 87%…

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Ethiopia plants so many trees primarily because the country has experienced massive deforestation. At the beginning of the 20th century, forests covered 35% of the land area, but the forest areas decreased sharply until the end of the 1980s. At that time they represented only a little more than 2% of the country’s surface area. Then the rate of deforestation was slowed down and today forests represent about 15% of Ethiopia’s land area. The benefits of reforestation According to Life ONG, an association very active in the field of reforestation…

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Concentrating solar power plants direct solar radiation to concentrate its thermal energy, which is then transformed first into kinetic energy, then into mechanical energy and then into electrical energy. According to the explanations given by AB Services, leader in energy solutions, solar radiation is composed of several ranges of radiation, including certain ionising radiation such as gamma rays, X-rays, ultraviolet radiation and, of course, visible light. Visible light, which illuminates us during the day, is also used by photovoltaic solar panels to produce electricity. Explanation of the concept of albedo…

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A green house is built to reduce energy consumption and waste. Green Houses reduce the negative impact of buildings on human health and the environment through better design, construction, siting, operation and maintenance. They combine sustainable design, sustainable development and sustainable living. Green houses are designed and built within the framework of ecology in the broadest sense, i.e. the design and construction of the building is in harmony with the natural environment. Studies have shown that the building sector is the most harmful polluter on the planet, consuming more than…

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Renewable energy solutions for self-consumption of electricity offer a wide range of very competitive advantages such as a very long life of the installations and low maintenance and operating costs. The advantages also come from the very low environmental impact and the absence of impact on global warming. In addition, they are scalable, as off-grid systems such as photovoltaics and aerovoltaics can be powered by often abundant resources such as wind or sun. Habitat EnR, an expert in renewable energies, considers that the use of these solutions contributes to the…

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French consumers regularly receive their electricity bills, but it must be admitted that they rarely manage to understand all their lines. Habitat EnR, a specialist in renewable energies, will help us understand what the electricity bill is made up of and especially how to reduce it. How to read your bill? There are three main components of the bill: the price of the subscription, the price per kilowatt-hour and the taxes. The subscription price is the same every month. It depends on the power of the meter and the rate…

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While geothermal systems are environmentally friendly, innovative, and sustainable, can they also increase the value of the home? This is a question that many homeowners ask themselves when they consider installing an EES. If you are a homeowner who may soon install a geothermal system, SOFATH reveals in the following the reasons why many buyers are likely to pay more for a home with a geothermal system. More buyers want green homes When buyers start looking for homes, one of the factors they consider is how much money they will…

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