Saving The Planet One House At A Time

Saving The Planet One House At A Time

Green living is becoming more and more popular, as it can help the planet, and save you money at the same time. Sometimes it might seem like anything you do isn’t going to make a difference anyway, because everybody else is still living an irresponsible lifestyle. That’s not the attitude to have, every small change makes a difference. There are plenty of things that you can do around your own home to reduce energy wastage and save a bit of extra cash. If you want to make your home more environmentally friendly, here are a few tips.

Insulation

One of the main reasons that we use so much energy to warm our homes is because they are losing massive amounts of heat all of the time. There are some quick fixes to this problem, like putting draught excluders under all of the doors. If this doesn’t quite cut it, then you might need to look at the insulation in your house. Calling in a roofer to properly insulate your house could save you thousands in energy bills over the coming years. Having the walls insulated might be a bit more troublesome, but if you have the time and the money, it is worth having done.

Solar Panels

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Getting solar panels might seem like an expensive outlay, but a lot of companies offer a payback service that could extend as far as ten years. You will be making your own energy from day one, making your energy bills almost nothing. In fact, you can actually make money by selling any surplus energy that you create during the summer months. All of this extra money can be used to pay off the cost of installing the solar panels in the first place, and your house will be run on entirely clean energy.

Update Heating

Even if you make an effort to insulate the house, and add some solar panels to the roof, an outdated heating system will keep your bills high. It is a big initial expense, but replacing the boiler with a newer, more efficient one, will save you lots of money. It also reduces the risk of dangerous gases like Carbon Monoxide being released and harming you and your family.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

We’ve all heard this one before, but most people think that it’s just about the rubbish you produce. Almost everybody recycles the rubbish that they can, but there is so many other ways that you can reuse things around the home. Instead of throwing things away, see if there is anything that you can use them for first. Old clothes can easily be turned into toys for your pets if you have any, and old tin cans can be made into flowerpots, for example.

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There are plenty of companies out there that are selling furniture made from reclaimed wood, so if you don’t fancy making your own, you can still help the planet by buying them. Another good place to get furniture is from second-hand shops, it might need a bit of restoring but this is a fun project that will give you some lovely furniture for a fraction of the price of buying new.

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