Research On The Low Carbon Ecological Experience And Application Of Traditional Dwellings In Northwest Shanxi

As the economy is burgeoning together with technology, we have been achieving feats, and social value has been maximized by our diligence. However, natural resources are being squandered and living conditions trampled, leading to the emerge of eco-effective buildings. We’re focusing energy on modern city construction, but we have ignored traditional areas and their common needs for employ of the latest technologies. We are not so much interested in heritage and development of these areas, and countryside has not been scientifically programmed or designed. These are all existing problems. Let us repay our attention to traditional houses. This is the architecture essence based on experiments by our ancestors and on construction techniques they’ve learned from long-term interaction with the nature and the society.Traditional residences do not employ modern equipment to consume en-ergy but rather rely on house layout, material use and structural design as natural ways to save energy and protect the environment. This is the result of interaction between residences and the natural environment. We should learn from traditional architecture, eco-friendly practices and cost &energy saving strategies, apply the philosophy of energy effectiveness from traditional to modern residences and avoid excessive energy consumption, so that residence construction will become a sustainable industry that is energy-saving, environment-friendly and ecologically balanced.Traditional residences in the northwestern part of Shanxi, China are an essential part of traditional dwellings within the province and have long lived. They are located in a land which becomes increasingly sandy, and therefore display a different pattern. Their appearances, spatial configuration, structure and materials used are all distinctive and deserve further study. Meanwhile, this region used to be a revolution base for the Jin-Sui Remote Area, contributing to its historic value and regional culture. The region is in fact underdeveloped in Shanxi province, allowing a lot of traditional residences to be kept undamaged and preserving a set of intact subjects for future research. Probe into ecology of residences in this region may help understand that throughout Shanxi province or even the whole China, and may also aid in construction of new countryside, sustainable development and application of ecological technologies.The author of this essay selected part of the traditional residences in Xing County of northwestern Shanxi, based traditional ecological practices and modern theories of application, and investigated natural environment, cultural background and living conditions of this region. The essay attempts, on the basis of investigation and data collection, to analyze architecture style of residence clusters in northwestern Shanxi, including site selection, building layouts, material configuration, and fine component selection. The essay also offers energy-saving calculations and analysis for new-style residence designs. In addition, it compares national and industrial regulations with local natural and economic conditions, and proposes ways to improve energy efficiency and perspectives so as to offer references for eco-strategies for local architecture.The research on eco-practices and applications with traditional residences in northwestern Shanxi is intended to inherit Chinese traditional residence cultures, to expect prospects for renewable residences and their sustainability, to promote healthy development of traditional residences in a multiplied perspective, and to help supplement modern theories based on ecological applications. All of these motives are important to energy efficiency design for modern renewable architecture.