Lately people have been focusing their attention on what they can do to their car as far as helping to reduce the emission put out into the air. This is all fine and dandy but their still are other ways and things to be looked at that will help in the fight for a greener earth. The answer just doesn’t lie within car modifications or bio-fuels, but as well as in the place of residence.
Reducing your emissions of ozone harming gases is not just prevalent in your car but also the makeup and what your residence is. Residential energy accounts for 16 percent of all greenhouse gases being emitted into the air. If you are building a house or even thinking about building one, one of the best and most cost effective ways to help reduce green house emissions is to begin thinking and using precautions at the blueprint stage while installing low-tech, pragmatic techniques that will help maximize a new home's efficiency. Installing those systems from the start is far cheaper than retrofitting an existing house.
Oru Bose, a “sustainable-design” architect in Santa Fe, New Mexico helps explain what can be implemented right from the start of building a house to reduce those nasty green house emissions.
“Doing simple things could drastically reduce your energy costs, by 40%. For example, control heat, air and moisture leakage by sealing windows and doors. Insulate the garage, attic and basement with natural, nontoxic materials like reclaimed blue jeans. Protect windows from sunrays with large overhangs and double-pane glass. Emphasize natural cross ventilation. "You don't need to have 24th century solutions to solve 18th century problems," Bose says. “Next, consider renewable energy sources like solar electric systems, compact wind turbines and geothermal heat pumps to help power your home.”
There are also other sites that will help in retrofitting your home or put in other measures when building a new home such as, GreenHomeGuide.com. This site will point you in the right direction when looking for bamboo flooring, cork tiles, and countertops made from recycled wastepaper, among other great ways to keep the energy usage down as well as greenhouse gas emissions low.
As Always, Keep it Green.
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