A methodology for optimum energy efficiency of a typical residence in Greece

Undeniably the natural environment has greataffect to the quality of living in a space. Formany years people have been seriously takingunder consideration the environmental conditionsof each area in the construction of theirresidences. They were created according to theirorientation towards the sun, the way the localwinds blow and as a result the buildings hadvery good energy efficiency.In our days the role of environment in themanufacture of buildings has been downgraded.In the majority of buildings it is given small, ornone importance in the microclimate of the region.This has as a result the consumption of bigamount of energy and the need of appliances forcooling and heating.