Talking About Green

Our environment has been paying a heavy price to fulfil the housing needs of ever increasing population. The excessive use of building materials; power etc, has led to global warming. It is time that we seriously start thinking about building green homes. The green home along with being environment friendly, is also easy on our pocket. You can stay in touch with the latest environment news as well.

In this article we shall provide some tips on how we can create energy efficient homes.

• The roofs should be painted white. White roofs keep the house cooler, thus cutting the air conditioning costs by nearly 25%.

• In order to increase the air-conditioning or heating effects, all the open spaces and gaps between the walls must be closed properly. This prevents the loss of energy.

• The interiors must have some indoor plants. These plants release oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide, thus making the air inside the house, healthier. The plants also help in beautifying and brightening up the place. Even the small apartments can have indoor plants.

• The construction materials used to construct a home must be energy efficient. The paints chosen should have low content of volatile organic compounds.

• LED light bulbs are ideal for lighting solutions.

• Even furnishings and flooring can be environment friendly. Bamboo flooring looks very attractive and is very stable at the same time. Bamboo furniture is also a good choice. Some real stylish stuff made of bamboo is available theses days. Rugs made of hemp, look very beautiful.

• House owners must be encouraged to install solar panel for heating. Rainwater harvesting system can help in meeting the water requirements.

• Bathrooms rolls used in the toilets must be made out of recyclable paper. Other article like notepads, greetings cards can also manufactured from recyclable paper. This implies that we need not cut down trees to meet our requirements. More and more things made of materials like jute, hemp etc should be used.

Thus, by following the above tips, we can create an eco friendly home, at a reasonable price.