design and build
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You dream we design and build!

So how do we make you a dream home?  

SolidACE will set meetings with you and from those series of meetings the first concept drawings and designs are created from your input, your dreams, your desired budget.  We pride in our creativity and many years of designing and constructing homes for people.  

What really goes into making your house a dream home?

First thing you do!!!- Contact Us.

Have something in mind? A new home, or remodel an area of your current home? Contact us to discuss the details of the project, what you are hoping to change, and your budget. This gets get the ball rolling on the design process to speed you on your way to enjoy your dream home as soon as possible.

The Visualization part (STEP 2): Concepts/Designs & Drawings.

After we determined from your inputs what you want to make your house a dream home, the team at SolidACE will get to work on the concept stage – putting your dreams onto paper. For a Remodel, we measure your house to take advantage of all of the options. From our meetings and consultations, we will draw out some to-scale drawings and three-dimensional perspective views so that you can visualize your lifestyle in the new space.

Lets Evaluate!!! (STEP 3): Planning & Elevations.

We will provide you with preliminary CAD drawings and designs for you to evaluate and adjust for all of the finishing touches – home style, roof lines, the locations of windows and doors, etc.  A final re-evaluation of your plan and our design to make sure we are on the same page!

Let Them see your Plan! (STEP 4): Engineering & Plot Plans.

After we receive your revisions from Step Three, we’ll add them to our CAD drawing to present to our engineers for their technical calculations and code requirements. SolidACE can do the necessary plot plans required on the final Constructions Drawings for permitting. The engineers approve and stamps the structural drawings, electrical, plumbing etc… for permit requirements. Our team will help and guide your through the permit processing.

Ready,Set, Build!!! (STEP 5): Construction.

With everything ready SolidACE is ready  to transform your approved home design plans into reality! You will control your project, save time and money, and securely run your project with SolidACE.  

Please give us a call SolidAce Construction & Development Corp.  at Dr. V. Locsin Street Dumaguete City or call 035 422-9478,226-2880 and our team of experts can help  in your home design and remodeling needs.

passive cooling design
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Passive Cooling Home Design

To be comfortable, Philippine homes require some form of cooling at some time of the year (summer). There are many ways you can design or modify your home to achieve comfort through passive (non-mechanical) cooling, as well as hybrid approaches which utilise mechanical cooling systems.

The most appropriate passive cooling strategies for your home — including orientation, ventilation, windows, shading, insulation and thermal mass . Tropical climate buildings, which require year round shading and are subject to very different passive cooling principles.

What is passive cooling?

Passive cooling is the least expensive means of cooling a home in both financial and environmental terms. Some level of passive cooling is required in every Australian climate at some time of the year.

As cooling requirements are dictated by climate, distinctly different approaches to passive cooling are required for the Philippines where   hot humid  where  cooling is required

Cooling people and buildings

Factors affecting comfort for people (human thermal comfort) To be effective, passive cooling needs to cool both the building and the people in it. Evaporation of perspiration is the most effective physiological cooling process. It requires air movement and moderate to low humidity (less than 60%).

Radiant heat loss is also important, both physiologically and psychologically. It involves direct radiation to cooler surfaces. Conduction contributes to both types of comfort and involves body contact with cooler surfaces. It is most effective when people are sedentary (e.g. sleeping on a water bed).

 In cooling buildings, the efficiency of the building envelope can be maximized in a number of ways to minimize heat gain:

  • shading windows, walls and roofs from direct solar radiation
  • using lighter colored roofs to reflect heat
  • using insulation and buffer zones to minimize conducted and radiated heat gains
  • making selective or limited use of thermal mass to avoid storing daytime heat gains.

To maximize heat loss, use the following natural sources of cooling:

  • air movement
  • cooling breezes
  • evaporation
  • earth coupling
  • reflection of radiation.

Need advice on making  your home ready for passive cooling design? Please give us a call SolidAce Construction & Development Corp. at Dr. V. Locsin Street Dumaguete City or call 035 422-9478,226-2880 .