Tips to Green Your Home
23.11.09
Last week, the Environmental Barrier Agency announced its new green homes Web site . The site provides an interactive experience that helps people originate their homes greener with tips on reducing energy consumption, carbon footprints, waste start and water usage, as well as improving indoor air quality.
While I've already made some improvements to my home energy efficiency, I be familiar with there's more I can do. After exploring the new Web site, I learned for the first time these interesting tips that will help me save more energy and funds at home.
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outdoor porch or post lamp is one of the highest used light fixtures in a home and is a superb place to install ENERGY STAR® lighting products. Many compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) will definitively fit into existing porch lights. Proper
ventilation of the attic with natural air flow keeps the roof deck composed and dry, extending the life of roof shingles and preventing ice dams without
Source: ECNmag.com