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When designing or creating your kitchen, there are certain guidelines/regulations that you need to follow. These are Safety, Traffic, ADA (American disability act) and Storage.
 * Kitchen Assessment.**


 * Safety:** Safety is a major guideline you need to follow and know in the making of your kitchen. When designing your kitchen of choice, you must follow the National Kitchen Standards. If you follow the kitchen standards, your kitchen will be "legal." Some things you need to follow while making your kitchen safe are; make sure there are no curtains behind stoves, don't place a window behind a sink, stove, refrigerator, etc, don't block traffic flow, don't have traffic coming through the work triangle. If you notice in picture 1, you'll see a triangle. That's the work triangle, no traffic is supposed to go through that, in order to be safe. All these guidelines are what make your kitchen successful and safe for you to use and others also.


 * ADA:** The disability act is regulations and sizes that are made to make your kitchen handicap accessible. It is usually either making your doors wider, counters and stoves lower, or anything usually at a higher heigth, to a more lower and accessible height. If you, a family member or anyone who lives in your house, you must follow the kitchen guidelines for the ADA. Examples of rules you must follow are; Door Entry, Door Interference, Distance between work centers, door widths, distance between counters. Almost anything that has to do with making mobility more accessible for wheelchairs, crutches, etc. Anything that has to do with distances or heights, to make the handicap people feel safe. If you notice in picture 2, the door widths are 34 inches, the required width for the handicap.


 * Traffic:** Traffic Flow is important because you want your kitchen to be easy to move around in. Traffic Flow is a must in every kitchen because if you're working at one of the work centers, you must have no traffic moving through that area. They could bump into you, hit you, or anything and it could be very dangerous and jeopardize anyone in the area. Some of the major traffic guidelines that must be followed are; Door Entry, Door Interference, Distance between Work Centers, Separating work centers and others, widths between counters, distances behind seating, height of counters, anything having to do with Traffic Flow. Traffic Flow is one of the major safety guidelines that must be followed in the designing of your kitchen. If you notice in Picture 1 and 2, you see the squiggly line making its way throughout my kitchen, that's the traffic flow. It shows that there are no objects blocking the path of traffic.


 * Storage/Prep Area:** Storage is important in keeping your kitchen neat, clean and organized. Most people like to work or be in a clean kitchen. Some of the storage items you may use are cabinets, racks, pantries, or any other thing to help organize your kitchen. A Preparation area is important because you need a place to prepare meals. Some of the preparation areas in my kitchen are the refrigerator landing area, microwave oven placement, the prep/cleanup sink and the counter top space. Other places to store food, pots/pans are in corner cabinets and any other storage devices. Storage is needed to keep your kitchen clean and organized. There aren't a lot of guidelines that you must follow, but the ones that are there are very important. If you look at picture 3, you'll notice the wall and base cabinets, a major part in storage.

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This is Picture 1, one of the kitchen plan view.

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This is my Picture 2 with door widths.

__**Picture 3**__ This is Picture 3 showing cabinet space.

Green Project.



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Introduction:

The Green project was a project we had to do for CAD Architect. It involved creating a "green" environment on the Chief Architect. “Green” basically means an environmentally friendly home. Using products that don’t hurt the outdoors. Although they may be expensive, it’s worth it in the long run.

Water Efficiency: There are many things you can do to make your home water efficient. The first thing I did was include a well. Wells are more efficient than using town water. Using your own well makes you use less water, and it will replenish itself over time. Picture 1 shows the well I used. It sits along the outside of house. It’s used for all the water fixtures. Another thing you could do to be more water efficient is to use water efficient fixtures, that use half the water than the regular fixtures. Picture 2 shows a sink in my kitchen that uses half the water compared to others. It is the most efficient sink available. Water efficiency is one of the major things that make your house “Green.”

Sustainable Sites: There are many things you can use to follow the “sustainable sites” rules and regulations. One of the things I used in my “green” house was I used the materials around me. Picture 3 shows that I used the trees around me for flooring, siding, and any other thing that used wood. Using the resources around you takes less of a toll on the environment because the travel is less and it’s not putting harmful chemicals into the air. Another thing I used in my project was I used brown roofing instead of black (Picture 4). Black attracts sun light and heat, which would make the house warmer than it needed to be. Brown roofing wont attract as much heat as black, making it more efficient and “green.” The last thing I used in my “green” home design was I used a dirt driveway (Picture 5). Using a natural dirt driveway instead of asphalt attracts less heat, and it’s more efficient. Installing asphalt requires the use of gasoline and other things, which put harmful chemicals into the air. Furthermore damaging the Ozone layer, which is already very weak.

Materials and Resources: There are a few things that I used in my “green” project to follow the Materials and Resources. The first thing I included was recycling bins (picture 6). I used recycling bins because recycling is better than throwing away recyclable materials. Recyclable materials are renewable and can be used over and over again. The next thing I used were the resources I had around me (Picture 3). I used the trees around me for flooring, siding, and any other things that use wood. Materials and Resources was the easiest of the 5, because it was just using renewable resources and materials.

Energy and Atmosphere: There are many things that you can use to follow the Energy and Atmosphere guidelines. The first thing I used was I used on sight renewable sources (Picture 3). Being trees. Using on sight materials makes the cost a lot less, and it puts fewer chemicals into the air. I also used a refrigerator that uses low ozone levels, making it efficient. (Picture 7.) In picture 8, I used a skylight to show a solar panel. Solar Panels take in the suns energy and stores it. It is expensive, but in the long run, it saves you a lot of money and it will pay for itself.

Indoor Environmental Quality: There are many things you can use to your advantage while following the Indoor Environmental Quality rules and regulations. The first one I used was Carbon Monoxide detectors (Picture 9). Carbon Monoxide is a colorless and odorless gas that can kill. Using carbon monoxide monitors/detectors will let you know if it gets to high. Also, using them will help keep everyone healthy and safer. The next thing I used in my home was thermostats and smoke alarms (Picture 10). Using thermostats help you manage the temperature, and not allowing the heat bill rise. The smoke alarms let you know if something is on fire, which could save your life. All 3 of these things can help save your life, and your money. Also, you can use Skylights to supply lighting instead of using electric lights. (Picture 8). It will save you money, and the aggravation.

Those are the 5 sections that I used in order to keep my house efficient and “green.”