My OperaFive Ways To Make Your Home Greener
Thursday, July 5, 2012 12:41:14 PM
Many people falsely believe that going green requires a large investment of funds and several major lifestyle changes. While is it is certainly possible to spend a lot of money making your house more environmentally friendly, there are numerous cheap ways that you can make your home just a little bit greener. This article contains five easy ways changes that you can make in your home that will help you to save money as well as contribute towards preserving the planet for future generations.
1. Try to limit the use of heaters in your home. Instead, invest in some warm items of clothing, such as thermal tops and big woolly jumpers, and some thick bedding. If you have a pet, such as a cat, that enjoys basking in front of heaters, you should consider purchasing a heated pet bed. These heated beds use very small amounts of electricity, and they will keep your pet happy and warm when you turn the central heating off.
2. Wash all of your clothes at low temperatures in the washing machine and try to use eco-friendly laundry detergents. Most likely soiled clothes will come clean without the use of hot water and strong chemicals. However, towels, underwear and sheets should still be washed at temperatures above 60 degrees calculus in order to prevent the spread of bacteria, viruses and infections.
3. On washing day, hang all of your wet laundry outside to dry instead of using your tumble dryer. If your clothes dry crispy and stiff, you can put them in the tumble dryer for 2 minutes to soften them up. If you do not have access to any outdoor space, you could purchase a clotheshorse and air your damp laundry indoors instead. However, when you dry clothes indoors, make sure that you open some windows; otherwise, you could get a buildup of moisture in your home which will encourage mold growth on the walls and ceilings.
4. Replace all of the old light bulbs in your house with newer, energy efficient blubs. While low energy light bulbs used to cost a small fortune, the recommended retail price has dropped dramatically in reason years and they are now almost the same price as traditional light bulbs.
5. Many green advocates encourage people take showers instead of baths, but modern power showers often use a lot more water than the amount required to fill up a typical sized household bath tub. So, if you are usually in the shower for more than 10 minutes, you could probably save more water and money by taking a bath. Although, ideally, you should aim to take shorter showers.
By implementing some of the above cheap and easy energy saving changing in your home, you should be able to reduce your annual household energy and help to save the planet's resources. If you are fortunate enough to have some money to invest, you may want to investigate some of the more expensive green home options, such as installing PV solar panels, replacing single panel windows with triple glazed windows and/or piping insulting substances into external wall cavities.
1. Try to limit the use of heaters in your home. Instead, invest in some warm items of clothing, such as thermal tops and big woolly jumpers, and some thick bedding. If you have a pet, such as a cat, that enjoys basking in front of heaters, you should consider purchasing a heated pet bed. These heated beds use very small amounts of electricity, and they will keep your pet happy and warm when you turn the central heating off.
2. Wash all of your clothes at low temperatures in the washing machine and try to use eco-friendly laundry detergents. Most likely soiled clothes will come clean without the use of hot water and strong chemicals. However, towels, underwear and sheets should still be washed at temperatures above 60 degrees calculus in order to prevent the spread of bacteria, viruses and infections.
3. On washing day, hang all of your wet laundry outside to dry instead of using your tumble dryer. If your clothes dry crispy and stiff, you can put them in the tumble dryer for 2 minutes to soften them up. If you do not have access to any outdoor space, you could purchase a clotheshorse and air your damp laundry indoors instead. However, when you dry clothes indoors, make sure that you open some windows; otherwise, you could get a buildup of moisture in your home which will encourage mold growth on the walls and ceilings.
4. Replace all of the old light bulbs in your house with newer, energy efficient blubs. While low energy light bulbs used to cost a small fortune, the recommended retail price has dropped dramatically in reason years and they are now almost the same price as traditional light bulbs.
5. Many green advocates encourage people take showers instead of baths, but modern power showers often use a lot more water than the amount required to fill up a typical sized household bath tub. So, if you are usually in the shower for more than 10 minutes, you could probably save more water and money by taking a bath. Although, ideally, you should aim to take shorter showers.
By implementing some of the above cheap and easy energy saving changing in your home, you should be able to reduce your annual household energy and help to save the planet's resources. If you are fortunate enough to have some money to invest, you may want to investigate some of the more expensive green home options, such as installing PV solar panels, replacing single panel windows with triple glazed windows and/or piping insulting substances into external wall cavities.
