Saving on Energy when designing your Log Home

When building your log home think of ways to save on energy. Place biggest windows on the south side and the least on the north wall. You should place the most used rooms, such as kitchen, living room, dining room, etc, on the south or east side of your home. Rooms that can be kept cool, such as laundry rooms, bedrooms and storage rooms work better on the north and west sides. Almost everyone loves cathedral ceilings, but when designing your log home consider the fact that you will be heating all that extra space, which means that you would have to install a bigger HVAC systems, additional ventilation and additional heat systems to balance the temperature. Chose energy efficient heating and cooling, the most efficient by far is geothermal heat pumps. These use water or air circulating through pipes underground where the temperature remains a constant 58 degrees. Heating cost with a geothermal system are as much as 80 percent less than with other types of systems. The biggest disadvantage is the high installation costs of this kind of system.

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