Residential Cool Without AC

Climate change in Indonesia as we require to find tricks to outsmart the heat levels inside the house. No doubt, the air conditioner (AC) is often identified as one solution. In fact, the house can still be cool even without air conditioning.


Architect Briyan Talaosa revealed, could have a house does not use air conditioning at all. With notes, the house has many openings such as windows or bouven to wind circulation path.

"But, for areas such as Jakarta is hot enough to sting, it seems quite difficult. Because when opening a lot, definitely a lot of dust which will go well. Not surprisingly, the option to not use more air conditioning was applied in a cool area or minimal dust pollution. Uncommon (occur) when in Jakarta, "

Something similar is said architect Andrew Herman. According to him, a house without using air conditioning could have been total. However, all depends on the climate, location, topography, and coordinates, including the zone of the area where the house? "Maybe it could be focused on houses in Jakarta. Because, the majority of citizens who use the air conditioner is in the Jakarta area. Thus, we have to work around this smart, "

There are a number of strategies in terms of designing a house without air conditioning. The first starts from the top. Andry said the house should have adequate slope. The purpose other than to avoid leakage, also creates a larger volume of space to heat its transmission loss.

About the slope of the roof tends to vary, from a very gentle slope up to the most steep. All depends finishing material used to cover the roof.

For example, call Briyan, from the concrete you can design a roof that is flat. Flat in the sense Nyaru slope. The important thing is not stagnant water. As for the type of cover material made of asbestos and polycarbonate, the slope can be started from about 10 degrees. Examples of other cover material, metalroof, you can start on slopes of 15 degrees.

"We recommend that you select a roofing material that has the ability to reflect heat. For example, clay or concrete tiles are glazed, "

Design of aperture is the next strategy. You do this by considering temperature perceived by room occupants. Andrew said, according to physics, the buildings that are in a comfort zone usually has a temperature range between 22-30 degrees Celsius. In addition, by knowing the speed and volume of wind coming into the house. The calculation by analyzing the inlet, which is a lot of openings or air intake and outlet openings much air out.

Next is the location of the home and neighborhood. Both of these are key to locate the appropriate openings in a home. For example, Andrew said, your house is located in a residential area. So you should look is part of the left and right of the house, whether the building is higher or lower? When the building is higher, look for the wind direction position openings are not blocked by the building. So even with the wind speed. The wind speed here can determine the factors of vegetation or plants that will be used.

According Briyan, technical matter get around openings not be difficult. The problem lies precisely in the location of your building or residential design or occupy. For that, every open space should intersect directly with the open space. How, by designing the two openings on two opposite walls so that wind can have its flow.

Note also the high ceilings in the house. Briyan said, the higher the ceiling, of heat from the outside getting reduced down to the floor. However, do not forget the proportion of space within and the concept must be considered.

Problem models, usually home in the tropics is likely to be designed with multiple openings. While the models of traditional houses, almost the average occupant penghawaan design systems from the roof of the house.

"But in principle, all the houses that you can not use air conditioning design, except in the subtropical region, which has four seasons. If another snow season, they even need a heater, "