"Green Building" is about designing homes and commercial buildings with the objective of being environmentally friendly. The short course is Like take your existing home. When you get your Gas, electric, and water bills these bills tell you lots of things. Number 1 is how much your utilities cost that month. This as far as many people go. Lets take this a step further. What is the amount of kilowats of electricity did you use. How man cubic feet of natural gas did you use. Finally how man gallons of water did you use. These are the most important issues that "green remodeling and green building' address. Then the complicated stuff like window and frames, doorways, thermal bridging etc. We will; get to these later. Now back to how much energy, gas, and water do you currently use. Here are some quick money saving habits.
Many of these you have heard before. But I will mention them any one.
To save energy as well as money, Here are a few pointers. Except in kitchen and restroom I will encourage the use of mini flourescents bulbs. In the kitchen natural light is best. The next best thing is GE's natural light bulbs. I say use these in a kitchen that gets very little natural light and at night. Simply because you can see better. This is why I used these bulbs in the bathroom too.
To save water when brushing your teeth, turn it off while you are doing to work and just use the water to rinse out you mouth and rinse off your tooth brush. Shaving men use the sink stopper and turn that water off. You can rinse your razor off in water left in the sink bowl for that purpose. Women tend to shave their legs bathing. This is good since they are in a tub full of water...
With The villages housing coop. I use 'Green techniques and Methodologies' when restoring older homes or building new ones. What I work to achieve is a tight building envelope. This refrs to the space we live inside of. Visit my web site http://www.concepte-3.info/ and become a member today!
Many of these you have heard before. But I will mention them any one.
To save energy as well as money, Here are a few pointers. Except in kitchen and restroom I will encourage the use of mini flourescents bulbs. In the kitchen natural light is best. The next best thing is GE's natural light bulbs. I say use these in a kitchen that gets very little natural light and at night. Simply because you can see better. This is why I used these bulbs in the bathroom too.
To save water when brushing your teeth, turn it off while you are doing to work and just use the water to rinse out you mouth and rinse off your tooth brush. Shaving men use the sink stopper and turn that water off. You can rinse your razor off in water left in the sink bowl for that purpose. Women tend to shave their legs bathing. This is good since they are in a tub full of water...
With The villages housing coop. I use 'Green techniques and Methodologies' when restoring older homes or building new ones. What I work to achieve is a tight building envelope. This refrs to the space we live inside of. Visit my web site http://www.concepte-3.info/ and become a member today!
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