Low Cost!!! Addressing Your Home's 'Green' Potential
Here are some low cost ways to make your home more efficient (remember efficiency means eventually more of YOUR MONEY will be saved). Some of these changes are simple, a few are more involved and therefore I shall dedicate much of this blog to help you get started on some of these projects (if of course, you are so inclined). - Use CFL or LED lightbulbs
- Install low-flow showerheads and faucet aerators
- Start a compost pile
- Plant Trees
- Insulate your hot water heater
- Weatherstrip and caulk doors and windows
- Collect rainwater to water plants
- Paint with low - or no VOC (volatile organic compounds) paint
- Replace all heating/cooling filters
- Install a programmable thermostat
- Plant a rain garden
- Plant native plants
- Place appliances or office equipment on powerstrips to reduce 'phantom' load - this I recently did. Went through and put my microwave, coffee maker, DVD player, etc. on a powerstrip. Basically everything that has a clock and that I never look at for the time. Now I just push the button on the powerstrip to turn it all on/off!
