Creating An Environmentally Friendly Home
In an age where we try to be more aware of our environment, did you know that your home could be part of the solution? Your home accounts for energy use, water waste, carbon dioxide emissions and more. Making environmentally friendly upgrades to your home is not only good for the earth but can be a great way to boost the value of your home as well. Here are a few cost-efficient ways you can make your home an environmentally friendly place. Lighting Did you know that compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL) will save 66% more energy in your home? It also trades 400 pounds of greenhouse gas for every ONE CFL bulb you trade. You don't even have to make the trade all at once, you can replace the bulbs in your home with CFL as they burn out and before you know it your whole house will be DFL lit. Your Appliances It's pretty common knowledge that Energy Star-Qualified appliances use 10%-50% less energy, but did you know that there are ways to improve the energy usage even withou...