{"id":4257,"date":"2026-06-18T07:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T07:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gruporeunion.es\/?p=4257"},"modified":"2026-06-18T09:55:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T09:55:55","slug":"the-home-that-creates-comfort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gruporeunion.es\/en\/la-vivienda-que-crea-confort\/","title":{"rendered":"The Home That Creates Comfort. From the article series: \u201cThe Modern Energy Efficient Home: Rethinking Comfort.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u201cShow me your energy bills and I will tell you how good your home is.\u201d<br \/>\nNovaspace Promo<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Most people assume that comfort in a home comes from heating and air conditioning. In traditional construction, that is largely true. However, a modern energy efficient home works in a completely different way. Here, comfort is not created by equipment but by the home itself. The climate system simply fine tunes a level of comfort that the home has already created. This is precisely why such homes consume very little energy while delivering a level of comfort that most conventional homes simply cannot match.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you think about it, the concept is almost paradoxical. In a traditional home, the climate system is constantly fighting the shortcomings of the building itself. During summer it often struggles to compensate for overheating, while in winter it replaces heat that continuously escapes outdoors. The poorer the design of a building, the more energy is required to maintain a comfortable indoor temperature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A modern energy efficient home is designed according to a completely different philosophy. Its purpose is not to keep generating heat in winter and cooling in summer. Its purpose is to preserve comfort that has already been created while minimising the need for additional energy. That is why the climate system of a modern home does not begin with a boiler or a heat pump. It begins with architecture.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the most important tools in this approach is solar gain control. In the Mediterranean climate, the sun is both a source of comfort and a cause of overheating. Modern energy efficient homes use solar control glazing capable of blocking up to 60 percent of solar energy before it enters the building. These systems are complemented by adjustable external louvres that regulate solar gains according to the time of day, the season and the position of the sun. During summer they protect the home from overheating, while in winter they allow solar energy to contribute towards reducing heating demand.<\/p>\n<p>The next stage in preserving comfort is the building\u2019s high performance thermal envelope. Walls, roof and floor form a continuous thermal barrier that maintains a stable indoor climate regardless of external weather conditions. Multi layer insulation significantly reduces energy losses and helps preserve a stable indoor temperature throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>Windows, doors and airtightness also play a fundamental role. Modern glazing systems featuring multiple argon filled chambers, high performance entrance doors and carefully engineered construction junctions virtually eliminate uncontrolled air leakage. As a result, the indoor climate becomes far less dependent on changing weather conditions outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>Thermal bridges deserve special attention. They remain one of the most underestimated factors affecting energy efficiency. Even small thermal bridges can undermine the effectiveness of expensive technical solutions. For this reason, modern energy efficient homes eliminate thermal bridges from the earliest stages of design.<\/p>\n<p>The system is completed by controlled ventilation with heat recovery. While traditional homes remain connected to the outdoor environment through open ventilation systems, fireplaces, numerous gaps and other uncontrolled air leaks, every aspect of air exchange in an energy efficient home is carefully controlled. Fresh air enters through the ventilation system, is filtered and delivered exactly where it is needed most. At the same time, the heat recovery unit recovers a significant proportion of the energy contained in the extracted air, further reducing the demand for heating and cooling.<\/p>\n<p>Only after solar protection, the high performance thermal envelope, airtightness, the elimination of thermal bridges and ventilation with heat recovery have completed their work does the climate system come into play. In modern energy efficient homes this role is most often performed by a heat pump. Today, heat pumps are recognised as one of the most efficient ways of providing heating, cooling and domestic hot water. Because the building itself has already performed most of the work required to preserve comfort, the energy needed for climate control is many times lower than in a conventional home.<\/p>\n<p>When solar panels are added to this system, the result becomes even more impressive. In such cases, the small amount of energy required to maintain a comfortable indoor climate can be almost entirely offset by on site energy generation. In many situations, this production is sufficient not only for climate control but also for a substantial share of domestic hot water, lighting and household appliance consumption.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most people judge a home by its fa\u00e7ade, floor area, number of bedrooms or quality of finishes. Yet the true quality of a home reveals itself not on the day of purchase, but during every day that follows. It is reflected in the level of comfort experienced during the hottest and coldest days of the year, in the quality of sleep, in the purity of the air people breathe and in the amount of energy required to maintain their preferred lifestyle.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>That is why the finest homes do not create comfort through constant energy consumption. They create it through intelligent architecture and carefully designed construction and technical solutions. And that is precisely why all it takes is a look at the energy bills to understand the true quality of a home.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vladimir Nazarchuk, 2026<br \/>\nNOVASPACE PROMO<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00ab\u041f\u043e\u043a\u0430\u0436\u0438\u0442\u0435 \u043c\u043d\u0435 \u0432\u0430\u0448\u0438 \u0441\u0447\u0435\u0442\u0430 \u0437\u0430 \u044d\u043d\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0438\u044e, \u0438 \u044f \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0430\u0436\u0443, \u043d\u0430\u0441\u043a\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0445\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0448 \u0432\u0430\u0448 \u0434\u043e\u043c.\u00bb Novaspace Promo \u0411\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0438\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u043b\u044e\u0434\u0435\u0439 \u0441\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u044e\u0442, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u043a\u043e\u043c\u0444\u043e\u0440\u0442 \u0432 \u0434\u043e\u043c\u0435 \u0441\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0430\u044e\u0442 \u043e\u0442\u043e\u043f\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0438 \u043a\u043e\u043d\u0434\u0438\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435. \u0412 \u0442\u0440\u0430\u0434\u0438\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u043d\u043e\u043c \u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435 \u044d\u0442\u043e \u0434\u0435\u0439\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e \u0442\u0430\u043a. \u041e\u0434\u043d\u0430\u043a\u043e \u0432 \u0441\u043e\u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u043c \u044d\u043d\u0435\u0440\u0433\u043e\u044d\u0444\u0444\u0435\u043a\u0442\u0438\u0432\u043d\u043e\u043c \u0434\u043e\u043c\u0435 \u0432\u0441\u0451 \u0443\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0435\u043d\u043e \u0438\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0435. \u0417\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044c \u043a\u043e\u043c\u0444\u043e\u0440\u0442 \u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0438\u0440\u0443\u0435\u0442 \u043d\u0435 \u043e\u0431\u043e\u0440\u0443\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435, \u0430 \u0441\u0430\u043c\u043e \u0437\u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435. \u041a\u043b\u0438\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0435\u043c\u0430 \u043b\u0438\u0448\u044c \u0431\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0436\u043d\u043e \u043a\u043e\u0440\u0440\u0435\u043a\u0442\u0438\u0440\u0443\u0435\u0442 \u0443\u0436\u0435 \u0441\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruporeunion.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruporeunion.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruporeunion.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruporeunion.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruporeunion.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gruporeunion.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruporeunion.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruporeunion.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruporeunion.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruporeunion.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}