A green home is one of the best ways of ensuring that you do your part in protecting the environment. Making your home environmental friendly can be done in a combined variety of easy steps that actually reduce costs and increase savings such as:
Low Energy Consumption
Steps such as switching to fluorescent energy saving light bulbs, making sure that your appliances have energy saving features, ensuring that the appliances are switched off and not left on standby, using appliances only when necessary and making use of alternative energy sources such as solar power, all contribute to the goal of having a house with low energy consumption. This reduces, the strain placed on the main grid and the need to affect natural resources such as rivers to produce more power for consumption.
Indoor Plants
Growing indoor plants is not only aesthetic but can also have an environmental friendliness about it. Certain plants are more ideal than others because they help absorb toxins from the air, making it healthier and contributing to the overall goal of getting rid of air pollutants. More so, some plants go further to consume carbon (IV) oxide and give out oxygen such as is the case with the Sansevieria trifasciata.
Embrace Recycling and Reuse
Steps to recycle and reuse materials and resources in your home play a significant role in making it environmentally friendly. For instance, instead of throwing away your organ kitchen waste, you could use it as manure. The same thing applies to water, which can be reused in the kitchen garden and watering plants around the house, as long as it does not have contaminants such as detergents.
Reduce your Water Consumption and Wastage
Reusing water is just part of what you could do in the bid to make your home green. Check the pipes for leaks, make sure that the taps are tightly shut after use and reduce the amount of water that you use around the house.
Make your House Energy Efficient
Working towards low energy consumption is just part of the process of increasing the energy efficiency of your home. Check your ventilation, house insulation, heater properties and other related factors which all contribute to your energy efficiency, to make sure that they are up to standard.
Reduce your Carbon Footprint
Reduce your reliance on carbon fossils such as fossil fuels, the amount of paper that you use around the house and such. Going online or digital and using electronic appliances are ways to achieve this.
Making your home environmental friendly also has the benefits of making it more healthy and easy to clean and maintain as well as increasing your savings. Generally, these few steps could change your entire life and that of other people in the world.
