Ventilation

4 Eco-Friendly
Features of
BluHomes Breeze:
Nature has its way of cooling your home so you
don’t need to rely so much on air conditioners. It’s
called natural ventilation. It’s free and is not
harmful to the environment. Here are 4 ways how
BluHomes Breeze, an eco-friendly townhouse
development in Amparo Caloocan, used natural
ventilation to achieve a cool and comfortable
home.
#1
Casement Windows w/
Insect Screen
The problem with a typical sliding
window is that when you want to
open one side, the other side needs
to close. Only 50% of the window
opening will be opened. To take
advantage of natural ventilation, we
need to maximize the window
opening so more air outside will be
able to enter the house.
#1
Casement Windows w/
Insect Screen
That is why casement windows are
used in BluHomes Breeze. These
windows are 100% openable, and its
arms, when fully-swung outwards, can
act like scoops for the breeze passing
outside to be funneled inside the
house. Also, to encourage the
homeowners to open their windows,
insect screens are provided on all
openable windows.
#2
Full Screen Doors
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.
#3
Cross Ventilation

Believe it or not, no matter how big

your window is, air will not pass
through your room if it is only on one
side. There needs to be an opening
on another side for air outside to pass
through your room. This is cross
ventilation.
#3
Cross Ventilation
To maximize cross ventilation, the
rooms in BluHomes Breeze are
provided with interior windows that
are facing the hallway. This will allow
air outside to enter from the exterior
windows of the room and exit to
these interior windows. And, at the
highest ceiling of the house on top of
the stairs, there are high openable
windows for these breezes to exit the
house. This allows for breeze to move
freely within the house to cool it.
#4
Attic Ventilation
The attic is the area of the house in
between the roof and the second
floor ceiling. This is the hottest
portion of the house because it
receives all the heat coming from the
roof. In ordinary homes, the attic is
not sufficiently ventilated so all the
heat in this area will pass through the
ceiling and into the house, making the
second floor warm and
uncomfortable.
#4
Attic Ventilation
The attic of BluHomes Breeze is fully
ventilated by providing the roof eaves
with slots or holes. This will allow for
the heat to exit to the outside instead
of passing through the ceiling and
into the house.
Natural ventilation doesn’t just make
the house cooler and more
comfortable, it also makes the house
eco-friendly. Since their homes are
already cooler, the homeowner will be
able to use less air-conditioners and
electric fans, reduce their energy
consumption, lower their electric bills,
and reduce their carbon emissions that
contributes to global warming.
These types of homes are what we
need in the future.
Learn more about BluHomes Breeze, an eco-friendly townhouse development
in Amparo Caloocan, at www.bluhomes.ph/breeze.