Resource Management - Resources

MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES

• Time
• Energy
• Money

Time management 

•  important that time is given to necessary routines & socialising
• important every individual has free time and family time
• more women work so important that all able members of the family share household chores, according to age,physical heath and capabilities
• children expected to take responsibiltiy age appropriate tasks as children grow up more equitable division of time, so no single member is overburdened.
• parent need to be responsible for childrens time for school work and bed times to ensure enough sleep to cope with school and work
• consideration should be given about task that need to be done daily and others less frequently, when distributing chores

Time and energy saving techniques

• timers - allow household appliance to be set to prgram so they can operate alone while other activies can be completed. e.g dishwasher
• email- quicker than waiting for the post, saving also on the postal fee and phone bill, saves frustration of delayed post
• labour saving equipment- food mixers/processors save both time and energy
• fridges/freezers- can store perishable foods so that shopping needs to be done less frequently, bulk cooking can be saved for another day saving time on cooking
• news items, radio & TV- can be acceseed by internet so you don't have to be at home to see or hear a broadcast allowing you to get on with other things
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Energy Management

• Includes personal human enrgy as weel as fuel and heat energy (points for human energy in time management)
• Human energy involved in running & maintaining a home, any feature/equipment aimed to make home easy to clean and managemnt save time and human energy
• Well designed house that is suitable size will save time& energy, effort not wasted on unused space or cramped spaced that is difficult to maintain
• Easy to clean surfaces with be easy to clean minimise dust and dirt collecting
• Easily accessible storage, things can be stored saves time looking for things
• Technological fixtures- lighting, heating, air-con. controlled by sensors/thermostat easy to get confortable living environment
• Temperture controls- setting on heating, fridges save energy kwwp temperature regular without manual attention
• Dishwashers/washingmachines save human energy, can be set then left. however careful in terms of electrical energy used should only be used when full.

Reducing fuel energy

• Fuel energy is major household cost, can be reduced with effective insulation and right heating system
• New housing must comply with building regulations that stipulate need for good inslulation. - can be added if not addequate in orginal build
• Cavity wall insulation & double glazing
• Hot water cylinder lagged to save fuel energy
• Central heating prgrammed to come on when needed, only when house has people in, radiators set to specific temperatures
• Temperature setting on hot water can be set according to household needs
• lower temperature settings make it easier to save money on water/space heating
• solar power- expensive…