​Aside from the solid wooden doors at the front and rear of BluHomes Breeze, these doors are also provided with full screen doors. These are aluminum doors installed at the front door and rear door that are fully-screened. This will allow natural ventilation to pass through the house, from front to back, cooling the house naturally and taking advantage of the free air provided by nature.

​Window screens and full screen doors not only prevent insects from invading your home, they are also good for nature. This is because of the freedom they give.
 
Having screens in your windows encourages you to open your windows. It gives you a certain comfort and peace of mind that it’s okay to open your windows to let the natural air outside to enter your home, without worrying about insects coming in your home. It’s like letting your home breathe.
 
When you open your windows, you are allowing the natural air outside to come inside to cool your home. You are taking advantage of the free cooling that is already provided by nature.
 
But air will not enter your home if you only have one opening, no matter how big. Air will only pass through your home if there is a window or any sort of opening at the opposite end. It’s called cross ventilation. That’s why you need also to install a full screen door in your front door and rear door to maximize the benefits of cross ventilation. With this setup, you can open your doors with the full screen doors closed and natural breeze can now pass through your home, making it cooler and more comfortable.
 
We all notice that when our home is fully closed, it feels really hot and humid inside. It is because the moisture in the air inside is trapped and it will be very humid. The more humid your home, the more chances for molds and other bacteria can grow inside. These can affect the health of your family. These can be prevented by providing screens to have the freedom to open your windows and exterior doors to lower down the humidity inside your home.
 
This is why all openable windows at BuHomes™ Breeze, a nature-friendly townhouse development in Amparo Caloocan, are already provided with screens. The front and rear doors of BluHomes™ Breeze are also provided with full screen doors.
 
Opening your windows will provide your home with free ventilation and lower down your use of air conditioners and electric fans. Your electric bills will be less and the more savings you will have. The less electricity you consume, the less pollutants and carbon dioxide are released to the environment and the better for nature. Screens in your windows and exterior doors will help you achieve that by having the freedom and peace of mind to open up your home to the outdoors and enjoy its benefits. 

Ever wonder why it is cooler in the province than in the city? Grass is our friend in cooling the surroundings. Concrete has this characteristic called “thermal mass” that makes the surroundings hot.
 
Reflectance
The heat coming from the sun can bounce from a surface. This is called the “solar reflectance,” the ability of a surface to reflect that solar heat back to the surroundings.
 
Concrete has higher solar reflectance than grass. When solar heat hits the surface of a concrete pavement, more heat is reflected back and the hotter the surroundings will be. Grass, on the other hand, has lower solar reflectance. Less heat is reflected and the cooler your surroundings will be.
 
Photosynthesis
Grass eats heat, literally. Through photosynthesis, the grass absorbs the heat coming from the sun and converts it into chemical energy that is needed for it to live. As a waste product, the grass releases oxygen to the environment that is needed for us and other animals to survive. It’s the beautiful cycle of life.
 
Not to mention, grass also eats carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, which is the main cause of global warming.
 
Visual
Grass is visually cooling our minds and our hearts. For tens of thousands of years, human beings have been seeing green all around them. Green has always been the color of our home in past. However, until recently, we have seen less of this green around us. All we see now are buildings and roads, and we miss the feeling of being at-home with green surrounding our lives.
 
Whenever we see green, our mood is enhanced and we feel more energy in our blood, according to studies. This is why grass is visually cooling our minds and our hearts.
 
Thermal Mass
Concrete has this characteristic called “thermal mass” where, during hot days it absorbs and stores the heat inside its body, and during the time when it is cooler it releases it to the surroundings. This is why you feel hot during night time when there is no sun. This is because the concrete in your house is releasing the heat that it absorbed in the morning. Grass, on the other hand, has virtually zero thermal mass.
 
Heat Island Effect
Concrete is the main cause of heat island effect. This phenomenon is the reason why it is cooler in the province than in the city, and it has been scientifically proven. There are plenty of reasons why this is happening. First, there are more human activities in cities than in provinces. Second, there are much more pollution and carbon dioxide in cities. And third, grass is cooler than concrete.
 
Nature-Friendly
Planting grass in your backyard is the simplest way that you can do to help climate change. It will benefit you because your house will be cooler compared to using concrete and it will give you a cooler feel. It will also benefit the environment as grass can help reduce carbon dioxide, lower the global warming, and produce oxygen that we all need in our lives.
 
BluHomes™ is inspired to help the world by providing homes that are beautiful, nature-friendly and inspiring. In its first project called BluHomes Breeze, a townhouse development in Amparo Caloocan, the front yard is already provided with grass for the homeowners to enjoy and benefit from. The sidewalk in the development is made up of perforated paver blocks with grass, so it is not plainly concrete. This is why BluHomes™ is cool.

​We spend about 15% of our income to electric bills! Even if we receive salary increases annually, the cost of electricity also increases with it. It’s hard to accept that the cost of electricity will never go down unless we do something about it.
 
Ever wonder why your electric bill is so high in your home? There are many sources that eat up our electric consumption, and here are the 4 major reasons.

​More than 50% of our electric consumption comes from air conditioners. There are two reasons why. First, we consume high loads of air conditioners because it is very hot and humid here in the Philippines. We cannot do something about this.
 
The second reason is because our homes are poorly designed such that we have no choice but to rely on air conditioners. We can do something about this!

​The cost of electricity in the Philippines is increasing every year. Believe it or not, it will continue to rise and will never go down, never! It might decrease a little bit but it will increase twice the next time. This is because of the law of supply and demand.
 
55% of our electricity comes from coal, oil and gas. These are non-renewable resources. They are depleting day by day the more we use electricity. It is estimated that in 55 years, our coal, oil and gas will run out. As the law of supply and demand states, the lower the amount of coal, oil and gas, the higher its cost will be. Not to mention that these non-renewable resources are dirty and destroying our environment.
 
That is why our electricity cost will not go down, UNLESS we resort to renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, water, geothermal and biomass. Since these are renewable and will never be depleted, its cost will now increase.

​We, the users of our homes, are also one of the major reasons why our electric bills are so high. It is because we are not mindful of using our electricity properly and efficiently. We do not care if we do not turn off the lights in our rooms when we leave. We do not care about turning the TV off when not using it. We leave our air conditioners on even if the room is vacant. We live and act as if these are free and unlimited.
 
Be mindful about your consumption of electricity. Remember that it is very costly and not free. Remember that is eats up 15% of our income. Remember that the more electricity we consume, the more pollution we release in the environment.

​What’s worse, most homes in the Philippines are poorly designed such that its interior rely on air conditioners to cool it. There are no insulation on the roof and exterior walls. There is no proper cross ventilation. Roofs are made up of metal that has high conductivity to heat. Most homes in the Philippines do not have solar panels. Our homes are designed to be costly.
 
Good thing some developers are trying to solve this. BluHomes Breeze, a townhouse development in Amparo Caloocan, are properly designed to be energy efficient and nature-friendly. Its roof and walls are made up of Magnesium Oxide material that is highly insulated and does not allow heat to penetrate through it. It is designed for maximum cross ventilation and takes into consideration the movement of air inside the house. The roof and the exterior walls are mainly white to reflect the heat from the sun. More features of BluHomes Breeze can be found in www.bluhomes.ph/breeze.