Letsdodiddley Home and Garden

Many people have started to become aware of the importance of making their home more Green. You don’t have to build a new home to make your current household use less energy and thus produce less waste. You hear ads for more energy efficiency items which makes people start looking at their wallets though for the best environmental difference it is energy consumption that makes the biggest impact.

If you are thinking about building a new home and want to make it a green home here are a few things to think about. First, if you truly want to build a green home don’t build. The reality is there is a strong argument that we currently have too many homes for people to live in currently and all actions taken to build a home uses more energy than an existing home. A true green home is renovated to make it more earth friendly.

Another important aspect to green homes is that you make your house with energy efficient items to make it 15% more efficient than your neighbor only to double the size of the house then you are still using far more energy in consumption. For green homes smaller is better as they use less energy. The best addition to a home to make it more green is the insulation levels and the ability for air to escape around doors and windows. Read More…