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Buildings should be made openly at a sufficient distance between the building so that air movement is guaranteed. The orientation of the building is placed in between the path of the sun and wind. As a compromise between the directional location of the building east to west, and which lies perpendicular to the direction of the wind. Buildings should rectangular so beneficial to the application of ventilation.

The formation of the building utilizing everything that can lower the temperature and protection against sun rays so the space inside be comfortable. Building should be equipped with a large lean roof and height not exceeding 3 floors so as not to harm neighboring buildings.

In the plan of organization should be noted, that the spaces are not always able to is set optimally, so that should be noted also the orientation of the window the sun (not a bedroom be facing west). Space resulting Additional heat (kitchen) should be separated a little from home. Space increasing humidity (bathrooms, laundry room) should be planned with good air refresher and high air exchange so it will not dirty quickly.

Almost any building material can be distributed and save moisture in the form of water or steam. This ability depends mainly on the structure the pores (type, shape, and size of these pores). Next should be distinguished between building materials that sucks water (hygroscopic) and which reject water.

The smaller the pores the greater building materials suck water resources, and more large pores can be filled more easily with water. This means that water can entered the building materials by gravity (eg by a leaky roof), by wind pressure (eg at the edge of the wall or roof wind terekena firm), by Capillarity (cracked plaster on walls or soil moisture through the trasraam not waterproof).

Hygroscopic building materials (eg brick) can sometimes binds a lot of water. One m2 red rock walls plastered both sides The average binding 66 liters of water!

The amount of water used to build a house (an area of 36 m2) 28′000 liters is about to evaporate before the house can be considered dry and healthy to live. When evaporation of water depends on how to build, climate, ventilation, and local humidity. As figure basic estimates can be considered will be needed for 4 months time.

Any excess moisture in humid tropical climate, will grow gray mold (Aspergillus) that affect the health of residents because cause allergic bronchitis and asthma.

As already described, building materials always requires natural resources and energy is not renewable. Therefore, building materials should be chosen with thorough and energy needs, resulting in damage to the exploitation in nature, polluting the land disposal, as well as chain holistically materials should be considered.

Population density problems and indifference to the natural environment resulted in deterioration and destruction of our natural environment is getting worse. Associated with grains on top of the already described, then the planners should be responsible for damage by both natural development activities or by the use of energy can not be updated.

Freedom to choose and the duty to take care of this world with a full sense responsibility and sustainable environment is the basis of ethics. During the religions have not been able or unwilling to take responsibility ethics environment, then environmental ethics is a public demand.

Every human being has the right to do whatever you want, as long as
- He allowed the same thing to everyone else, and
- It allows the same thing to all the generations to come.

Thinking about environmental ethics in depth, such as in the example mobility, increasingly clear that the direction we have traveled a dead end because provision of motor vehicles for all of today’s world population damage immediate environment. We must change our minds!

Sustainable development is achieved by attention to the nine standard Ecological home as healthy house above. With special attention on environmental ethics problems of side effects or adverse neighbors other human can be avoided.

Accountability of every human on the environment and sustainable development impact can be measured with a trace of ecological (ecological  footprint). Ecological trail measured natural raw material needs of the used by every nation and every people. Calculate the extent of ecological traces of fertile land, fresh water, oceans, and the number of non-renewable energy and the required people to meet the needs of food, clothing, shelter, and mobility.

Ecological trail of all the inhabitants of the earth at this time reached 2.2 hectares, whereas the extent of fertile land in the world reached 1.8 hectares per person. This means that the present way of life has exceeded the ability of the earth and  threaten the sustainability of life on this planet.

Consider ethical and environmental responsibility traces illustrate ecological our responsibility as the architects and planners. Build ecologically and healthy will attract the attention of people who admired him and began to imitate at all layers of society.