Make Your House a "Green" House

The concept of making renovation in a house, simply by making it energy efficient or water efficient or healthier than what is standard house, you are building greener.

Using plaster on the walls with lesser chemically rich product, and then further painting it with a low VOC paint over a standard paint. For building green, a low VOC paint is a great choice as it creates a healthier environment inside for residence.

Here are some important tips that would help in renovating greener houses. These are the top ten tips to consider:

1.Design renovation according to the Northern orientation, with a very effective cross ventilation, and a design, which can provide sun shading to the eastern western, and northern elevations.

2.Insulation for the renovation houses is essential part; as you should be, ensure that you provide recommended insulation for your climate control. Preferably, some natural substance may be wool.

3.Bath and toilet accessories assembling are an important topic, which can support to the design for greener house. Efficient tap ware and toilets, where the water supply is to be connected to a rainwater tank, with water recharge kit other uses too. Flushing of toilets uses around 10% of the water consumed in your house; this translates into around 9000-13,000 liters per year.

4.Energy saving and water efficient appliance for the laundry and kitchen use such as washing machine and dishwasher.

5.In addition, if want a water heater better going a solar variant then that of an electric water heater.

6.Lights fitting should mainly consist of Compact Fluorescent Light fittings, as they consume 4times less energy than that of standard light fittings.

7.Normal paint and floor finishes consist of high solvent content, which has badly for our health, hence it is, recommend using low VOC paints and floorings.

8.Improve the isolating performance of your windows by putting in an efficient glass, such as a Low E glass. Standard glass gives absolutely no insulating value when it comes to prevent heating loss in winter or heat gain in summer. Anything you can do to amend this is a bonus.

9.Use of source timber from a sustainable managed source with FSC mark is suggested. Avoid from an illegally logged rainforest.

10.Formaldehyde is a known carcinogen that is released from standard MDF and particleboards over time; hence, a low formaldehyde MDF and particleboard is advisable.

All the above items are very easy to lets in as a part of the planning for your refurbishment. The nominal additional cost associated with them will repay itself, not just in lower current costs but you will also have a more salubrious and more enjoyable house to live in.