| With our energy and water sources depleting, people | | | | make sure they are energy efficient. Most appliances |
| have begun to sit up and take notice. There are | | | | these days are, so finding them would be no trouble |
| things that we can do to preserve our environment, | | | | at all. A must to replace is the refrigerator, washer |
| and where we live. I am going to show you how to | | | | and dryer, and if you need one a dishwasher as well. |
| make your properties into eco friendly homes. This | | | | All of these new purchases will save up to 40 |
| will be simple fixes to make, some which can be | | | | percent of the electricity that your old machines |
| more expensive than others, but all designed to save | | | | normally consume. |
| water and electricity. | | | | A small, but very effective way to save energy is as |
| The first step is determining how old your windows | | | | simple as replacing a few light bulbs. By replacing |
| are in your home. If they are very old, they will need | | | | every bulb you have with the new energy efficient |
| replacing with double glazed windows, which are | | | | light bulbs you will be saving a lot of electricity in your |
| energy efficient. They keep the heat and the air | | | | home. Another reason to change bulbs is the new |
| conditioning in the home. This can be costly, but think | | | | ones last for months and months without burning out. |
| about all the money in electricity you will be saving by | | | | You will start noticing your light bill going down for a |
| installing these kind of windows. | | | | change. |
| Insulation is a huge saver of energy for your home. | | | | Other ways to conserve our resources would be to |
| To get the most out of your insulation, your ceiling | | | | turn off the water when brushing your teeth, having |
| and walls will have to be done. A contractor will have | | | | a water saving toilet tank to save water. Turning off |
| to do this work for you. They will either blow the | | | | lights when leaving a room, unplug small appliances |
| insulation into the attic or use the rolls of this product. | | | | when not in use, when they are plugged in it is still |
| The roll is also used in the walls between the wooden | | | | consuming electricity. Use a toaster oven instead of |
| planks. | | | | the large stove, toaster ovens use much less energy. |
| Let us talk about solar panels. Solar panels were | | | | To sum it up, you now have a few ideas of getting |
| invented to not only save energy, but make energy | | | | your homes partially eco friendly. Do what you can |
| for your home usage. It literally turns the suns | | | | now to upgrade your space with green building |
| powerful rays into energy to run your appliances and | | | | materials, and add to it. For example you could add |
| lights. These sit on the roof and store energy during | | | | energy saving appliances one at a time. All of the eco |
| the day. This is one of the best things you can do | | | | upgrades that you add now will pay off in the future |
| for your home, and will eventually pay for itself. | | | | when and if you ever decide to sell your homes. You |
| When you finally decide that you need new | | | | will appreciate the savings when you start receiving |
| appliances, before purchasing go look at them and | | | | the light bills. |