Home Improvements That Are Eco-Friendly Too!
Posted by Tre Pryor, Editor-in-Chief on November 11, 2008 in Home Improvement tagged with eco-friendly, Home ImprovementI saw this article—Top 10 Ideas for Eco-Friendly Home Improvements—a while back and thought I’d share with you. If you can find that the environment-friendly solution also saves you money, then I get really excited!
Be sure to read the whole piece because I just pulled my favorite five ideas.
- Every year tons of water gets flushed in your bathrooms. So when you are considering remodeling your home then opt for dual flush in your bathroom. So depending upon the need you can use powerful mode or gentle mode. This step will reduce your yearly water consumption.
- When you want to renovate your flooring then you can go for cork floor. Besides being natural cork flooring is comfortable to walk on and durable. Cork floorings are available in a wide range of designs and colors.
- Instead of replacing entire flooring you can reuse or refinish the existing material. This is easily possible in case you have other type of flooring beneath your wood flooring.
- In case you are opting for carpet tiles then carpet padding is not compulsory. It is better to avoid carpet padding. Avoid padding will reduce the additional material, labor and chemicals used to install. Carpet padding also increases the need to keep your carpet clean and it becomes hard to clean without using harsh chemicals.
- In case you are not going for big renovation then you can simply switch to eco-friendly furnishing. The best way is to purchase used furniture this step will reduce the demand on forest and materials to be made from scratch. Used furniture besides being eco-friendly is also a cost efficient move.
If you are serious about saving water, want a toilet that really works and is affordable, I would highly recommend a Caroma Dual Flush toilet. Caroma toilets offer a patented dual flush technology consisting of a 0.8 Gal flush for liquid waste and a 1.6 Gal flush for solids. Caroma, an Australian company set the standard by giving the world its first successful two button dual flush system in the nineteen eighties and has since perfected the technology. Also, with a trap way almost double the industry standard, these toilets virtually never clog. All of Caroma’s toilets are on the list of WaterSense labeled HET’s http://www.epa.gov/watersense/pp/find_het.htm and qualify for several rebate programs currently available. Please go to http://www.caromausa.com for more detailed information or visit http://www.ecotransitions.com/howto.asp to see why they work so well. More info can also be found here http://pottygirl.wordpress.com/
Best regards, Andrea Paulinelli, owner ecoTransitions Inc. http://www.ecotransitions.com
I keep listening to the news speak about getting new discounts and coupons I have been looking around for the best site to get one.:)
For first time home buyers the $8,000 will come as a tax deduction, no need for a coupon. Speak with your Loan Specialist about details.
One home improvement that is eco-friendly is one that takes very little work on your part and certainly not much mess in the house nor does much of anything end up in a landfill. Most people assume that all electricity is the same, wherever and whenever. Voltage spikes and drops, harmonics and the like cause poor efficiency. Search for “gesper” and see how that might benefit you!