Now that we know Climate Change, its causes and effects, what can we do now? I will explain to you, from the heart of BluHomes.
By the way, help me spread awareness by sharing this video to your friends and family. This knowledge that we are sharing is from the heart of BluHomes, brand of homes that are eco-friendly, certified as EDGE Advanced green buildings in the Philippines. Learn more at www.bluhomes.ph.
Again, help me spread awareness by sharing this video to your friends and family. This knowledge that we are sharing is from the heart of BluHomes, brand of homes that are eco-friendly, certified as EDGE Advanced green buildings in the Philippines. Learn more at www.bluhomes.ph.
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What are the negative effects of Climate Change? Why should I care? I’ll explain to you, from the heart of BluHomes.
Based on the report of Breakthrough National Center for Climate Restoration based in Melbourne, Australia, and is also reported by CNN Philippines, “climate change could pose existential threat by year 2050.” There is a threat to our lives and to the lives of our children and grandchildren because of climate change. Because of global warming, our climate is getting warmer. According to the report, in the year 2050, in a span of only a year, we will experience 100 days of lethal heat that cannot be tolerated by our bodies. Our polar ice caps at the north pole and south pole are melting, and our sea level is rising. Many places around the world will be submerged in water, and many places in the Philippines will be included. Billions of people will need to vacate their homes to seek for higher places, and we might be part of them. Because the water that comes from melting of our polar ice caps are fresh water, the saltiness of our oceans gets diluted. In addition, the heat in our atmosphere are being absorbed by our oceans, that’s why our oceans are also getting warmer. Because of these, many species of fishes and corals will be harmed. By the way, help me spread awareness by sharing this video to your friends and family. This knowledge that we are sharing is from the heart of BluHomes, brand of homes that are eco-friendly, certified as EDGE Advanced green buildings in the Philippines. Learn more at www.bluhomes.ph. Because of the heating of our climate, our soils become dryer and their moisture is getting depleted that are needed by our crops for our fruits and vegetables. Our food production will have a problem and we will experience food shortage. Many people will starve. Because of global warming, the waters in our oceans evaporate more quickly, and there is now more moisture content in our atmosphere. This will cause more sever and more frequent storms in the future. Because of the warming, the moisture content of the plants and trees in our forests get depleted, and forest fires will be more rampant, that will destroy our forests. Habitats of many species of animals and insects will be at risk. Why should your care? Your children, your grandchildren, and the future generation will face a huge problem in the future because of your actions and poor decisions today. You said you want your children and your grandchildren to inherit a better life, but you will inherit to them climate change and its problems. Will you allow this? The good news is that we can do something about this, today. This will be discussed in part 3. Again, help me spread awareness by sharing this video to your friends and family. This knowledge that we are sharing is from the heart of BluHomes, brand of homes that are eco-friendly, certified as EDGE Advanced green buildings in the Philippines. Learn more at www.bluhomes.ph. We always hear the words Climate Change, but what is it really in simple terms? What are its causes? I’ll explain to you, from the heart of BluHomes.
Climate Change is not the typical changing of weather where it is rainy today, and tomorrow it is sunny. Or where it is cold today, and tomorrow it is hot. That is not Climate Change. Climate Change is the change of the average condition of the earth in the long term. One example of this is Global Warming, the warming of the average temperature of the world these past 50, 100 years based on the studies of scientists. This graph from NASA shows the fast increase of the average temperature of the Earth starting in the 1950s. What happened in the 1950s? Third Industrial Revolution, where the manufacturing industry and the automobile industry boomed all over the world. The burning of fossil fuels, emission of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and pollution have been rampant. Shown in this graph also from NASA the line where the carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere has never been passed in the history of the Earth. But in the 1950s, during the Third Industrial Revolution, the trend has spiked has passed this line. This is strong evidence that Global Warming is caused by human activities, not a natural cycle of the globe. What is the cause of global warming? By the way, help me spread awareness by sharing this video to your friends and family. This knowledge that we are sharing is from the heart of BluHomes, brand of homes that are eco-friendly, certified as EDGE Advanced green buildings in the Philippines. Learn more at www.bluhomes.ph. The main source of energy in our homes and buildings are mainly from coal-fired power plants, which burns fossil fuels that emit greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide. Aside from this, our cars burn off gasoline and diesel that also releases these greenhouse gases. This means that carbon dioxide and all other greenhouse gases are increasing in our atmosphere. What will happen? When solar energy from the sun hits the Earth, some of the energy gets reflected back to space, but some energy is trapped inside our atmosphere. Because of these greenhouse gases, more solar energy is being trapped inside our atmosphere. This is called Greenhouse Effect that causes global warming and climate change. So what if the globe is warming? Why should I care? That is what I will share with you in part 2. Again, help me spread awareness by sharing this video to your friends and family. This knowledge that we are sharing is from the heart of BluHomes, brand of homes that are eco-friendly, certified as EDGE Advanced green buildings in the Philippines. Learn more at www.bluhomes.ph. We believe that our homes must be designed and built with love for nature. In this video, Paolo Bellosillo of Aztala Corporation explains why homes in BluHomes Katmon are eco-friendly.
We are Aztala Corporation, real estate developer of BluHomes in the Philippines, a brand of homes that are eco-friendly certified by IFC-World Bank as EDGE Advanced Green Building. Here in this video showcases the eco-friendly features of BluHomes Katmon, our 4th BluHomes development located in San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan. BluHomes Katmon is designed and built with 3 elements that make it eco-friendly. First, it is designed and built using passive cooling techniques. Secondly, it is energy-efficient. Lastly, it is water-efficient. Homes in BluHomes Katmon are single attached, 3 bedrooms, 2 toilet & bath, 1 car garage, 69-74 sqm floor area, and 70-108 sqm lot area. Learn more about the certified eco-friendly homes of BluHomes Katmon in www.bluhomes.ph/katmon BluHomesPh #EcoFriendlyHomes #EcoFriendlyHome #ecofriendly #GreenBuilding #EDGEBuildings #lovenature #houseandlotph #townhouseph #houseandlotforsaleph #townhouseforsaleph #propertyph #propertyforsaleph #bulacanhouseandlot #caloocanhouseandlot #bulacantownhouse #caloocantownhouse #PhilippineRealEstate #RealEstatePhilippines #RealEstatePh #realestatebrokerph #brokerph #sustainability Let's tour a home that is certified by IFC-World Bank as an EDGE Advanced green building called BluHomes Katmon in San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan, Philippines. BluHomes Katmon is an eco-friendly housing development in Rosanna Heights, Barangay San Manuel, City of San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan, Philippines. Designed with love for nature, each home in BluHomes Katmon is passively cooled, energy-efficient, and water-conserving, certified with an EDGE Advanced Green Building Certificate. Each home is estimated to save 74% in energy, reducing 1.10 tons of carbon dioxide emission per year per home. Each home is also projected to save 30% in water consumption, saving 205 cubic meters of clean water per year per home. This is like planting 18 tree seedlings per year per home.
BluHomes Katmon is located in Rosanna Heights, Barangay San Manuel, City of San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan. It is only walking distance away from the central business district of Ayala Altaraza and the upcoming SJDM Technopark. Each home in BluHomes Katmon is single attached and has 3 bedrooms, 2 toilet & bath, 1 car garage, 69-74 sqm floor area, and 70-108 sqm lot area. Learn more about the eco-friendly homes of BluHomes Katmon at www.bluhomes.ph/katmon BluHomes Katmon was awarded with EDGE Advanced Preliminary Green Building Certificate by the Philippine Green Building Initiative and IFC - International Finance Corporation, having achieved 72% savings in energy, 32% savings in water, and 34% savings in embodied energy in materials.
This was achieved by using the following design & construction features:
Aside from these, each home will be planted with an endangered tree that is native to the Philippines called Katmon Tree to help conserve its species. BluHomes Katmon are eco-friendly homes in Barangay San Manuel, City of San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan that is only walking distance away from Ayala Altaraza. It is owned and developed by Aztala Corporation. Learn more about this certified eco-friendly home at www.bluhomes.ph/katmon. The lighter the color of your roof, the more eco-friendly your home is. Why? I will explain to you, here in BluHomes. Try to go out of your home at noon time wearing a black shirt. For sure, you will sweat right away. Now, try to go out wearing a white shirt, much cooler, right? This is the concept of Solar Reflectivity Index (SRI). Solar Reflectivity Index is the measure on how much solar energy is reflected by the color of your roof from 0% to 100%. 0% SRI means that your roof does not reflect any solar energy, meaning it absorbs 100% of it. The lower the SRI, the hotter your home. On the other hand, 100% SRI means that your roof reflects 100% of solar energy and nothing is absorbed. The higher the SRI, the cooler your home. If your roof is color brown, its SRI is 28%. This means that only 28% of solar energy is reflected and 72% is absorbed. That’s why it’s warmer! The SRI of a blue roof is 30% and of a gray roof is 37%.
The color of the roof here in BluHomes is reflective white with an SRI of 67%. This means that 67% of solar energy is reflected back to the atmosphere and only 33% is absorbed. This is why it is much cooler here in BluHomes. This is one of the principles of passive cooling.
Because the roof of BluHomes makes the home naturally cooler, use of air conditioners is lessened. This will significantly reduce your consumption of energy since more than 45% of your electric consumption comes from your air conditioners. Where does your electricity come from? Most likely, your electricity may come from a coal-fired power plant that burns fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas. In this burning, it releases greenhouse gases to the atmosphere like carbon dioxide that is the main cause of global warming. In short, every time you use your air conditioner, you release greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. Because the roof here in BluHomes is reflective white, your use of air conditioners is reduced, your electric consumption is reduced, and the greenhouse gases that you release to the atmosphere is lessened. That’s why it’s more eco-friendly! I am Paolo Bellosillo of BluHomes, your home where nature smiles. BluHomes™ Gakakan, a name inspired by a native and endangered tree in the Philippines called Gakakan Tree, which is actually planted on the front yard of each home, is an eco-friendly housing project in Caloocan City developed by Aztala Corporation. It is the third development under the BluHomes™, a brand of homes that are eco-friendly.
The roof overhang of BluHomes™ Gakakan is 1 meter deep, almost double the conventional, to provide more shadow and reduce direct sunlight from hitting the external walls. Reflective white colors were used for the façade and roof to reduce heat being absorbed into the home. Under the roof is a 2” thick glass wool insulation to reduce the heat transfer from the roof. Exterior ceiling eaves are fully ventilated to allow the trapped heat inside the attic to escape instead of going into the home.
Operable windows at the highest part of the stairs were provided to allow hot air to escape out, a passive design strategy called stack ventilation. The ceiling height inside is 2.5 meters high and based on that ceiling height and the size of each room, the size of windows is calculated to balance the natural ventilation, natural light, and excess heat from the windows. These passive design strategies were aimed to reduce the energy demand of the home, especially the cooling loads. A 660-watt grid-tied solar panel system was installed to offset some energy generated from burning fossil fuels into clean and renewable energy. Dual-flush water closets were used in the toilets of BluHomes™ Gakakan with a low-water consumption of 3 liters and 6 liters per flush. Low-flow faucets were used for the lavatory and kitchen sink. Low-flow shower heads were also used.
BluHomes™ Gakakan is composed of 12 eco-friendly homes, each with 2 stories, 3 bedrooms, 2 toilets & baths, 1 car garage, 79sqm floor area and 74.25sqm lot area. Each home is fully-finished complete with tiles, ceilings, partitions and final paint. It is located in Malanting Street, Amparo Village, Barangay 179, Caloocan City. Learn more about BluHomes™ Gakakan by clicking HERE. BluHomes Gakakan is an EDGE-Advanced Green Building Certified eco-friendly housing development in Amparo Village, North Caloocan City where homes are designed to be passively cooled, energy-efficient and water-efficient. Each home is equipped with 660-watt solar panels, wide roof overhang, reflective exterior paint, reflective white roofs with 2” thick glass wool insulation, fully-operable casement windows with insect screens, 2.5-meter high ceilings, attic ventilation, water-efficient toilets & faucets, and perforated pavers with grass at sidewalk. An endangered native and endemic tree called Gakakan is planted on each home to show our love for our native forests. Each home is also provided with green wall with real plants and semi-landscaped front yard.
Each home is estimated to have 44% savings in energy, with a reduction of 0.89 tons of carbon dioxide emission per year per home. Each home is also projected to save 38% of water consumption, saving 117 cubic meters of clean water per year per home. Each home in BluHomes Gakakan is as eco-friendly as planting 15 trees per year. Homes at BluHomes Gakakan has 3 bedrooms, 2 toilets & baths, 1 car garage, 76-79 sqm floor area and 74.25 sqm lot area. Learn more about the eco-friendly homes of BluHomes Gakakan at www.bluhomes.ph/gakakan Our homes need to be built with nature in mind. This is our belief in BluHomes, a brand of homes that are certified eco-friendly, developed by Aztala Corporation. Upon its inception, Aztala Corporation believes that a business must not be just a profit-generating machine. A business must also push the society forward and make the world better in its own capacity. With this mindset, the company shifted its focus on developing homes that are green and eco-friendly with minimal impact to the natural environment. In October 2018, the name BluHomes was trademarked in the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines as the brand of homes that are green and eco-friendly. BluHomes Maya, Aztala’s second BluHomes development, is a testament to that. It has achieved its EDGE Advanced Certificate with 53% energy savings, 40% water savings, and 74% savings on embodied energy in materials. Each home will be able to save 0.51 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year in its operation because of its green features. That is equivalent to planting 8.3 tree seedlings per year grown for 10 years, according to the Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator of the US Environment Protection Agency website. To achieve this, each home in BluHomes Maya is designed and built using 3 strategies: passive design, energy efficiency and water efficiency. Passive Design StrategiesThe roof overhang of BluHomes Maya is 0.8 meters deep, almost double the conventional, to provide more shadow and reduce direct sunlight from hitting the external walls. Reflective paints were used for the façade and roof to reduce heat being absorbed into the home. Under the roof is a 2” thick glass wool insulation to reduce the heat transfer from the roof. A native tree, endemic to the Philippines, called Gakakan Tree is planted on the front yard of each home in BluHomes Maya to promote our own native forestry. The front yard is semi-landscaped with full grass to encourage the future homeowner to plant on their yard and not to convert it into a concrete garage. Perforated pavers with grass were used for sidewalk inside BluHomes instead of pure concrete. These are all to make the surroundings cooler, provide oxygen to the homeowners, and contribute in lessening the heat island effect. 100% operable casement windows were used, instead of the conventional sliding windows, to maximize the entry of fresh air from the outside. Insect screens were provided to encourage the homeowner to open their windows and not worry about insects coming in. Ceiling height inside BluHomes Maya is 2.5 meters high, and based on that ceiling height and the size of each room, the size of windows were calculated to balance the natural ventilation, natural light, and excess heat from the windows. Exterior ceiling eaves were provided with vents to allow the trapped heat inside the attic to escape instead of penetrating into the home. Energy Efficiency StrategiesAll these passive design strategies will be able to reduce the energy demand, most especially from cooling. To top it off, each home in BluHomes Maya is provided with 540 Watt-peak grid-tied solar panels to provide clean energy to the home. LED light bulbs were used to also reduce the energy demand and to lessen the induced heat brought about by other conventional bulbs. Water Efficiency StrategiesDual-flush water closets were used in the toilets of BluHomes Maya with a low-water consumption of 3 liters and 6 liters per flush for the small button and the big button, respectively. Low-flow faucets with a flow rate of only 6 liters per minute were used for the lavatory and kitchen sink. Low-flow shower heads were also used. These water-saving strategies will be able to save 69 cubic meters of clean water per year per home.
BluHomes Maya is composed of 8 single-attached homes, each with 2 stories, 3 bedrooms, 2 toilets & baths, 1 car garage, 62sqm floor area and 52.5sqm lot area. Each home is fully-finished complete with tiles, ceilings, partitions and final paint. It is located in Kamagong Street, Amparo Village, Barangay 179, North Caloocan City. BluHomes envisions a nation where all homes are green and eco-friendly, powered solely by clean energy. How will we make this happen? By continuous learning, improvement and innovation, we envision future BluHomes developments to achieve zero carbon. |
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