Go Green in your Home

Everyone around has been pushing: conserve, conserve, conserve! Save the environment. Be green. And you probably have done your share - you recycle; you take public transportation; and you switched to compact fluorescents but now you’re stumped. What else can I do, you ask?

Well, Home Magazine has undertaken to answer just that in their Good & Green Show Home recently produced at Grand Central Station in New York City. The G&G Show Home displayed the latest in environmentally friendly building products and home appliances. So before you go out there and buy appliances or renovate your home – consider the following.

Besides buying those energy-efficient appliances with the Energy Star label on it – consider these types of appliances. The inductor cooktop by Kenmore uses electromagnetic energy – which allows faster heating while using less energy than the conventional gas or electric cooktop. Also look at single drawer dishwashers if you don’t wash too many dishes. Single drawer dishwashers use up less water and consume less electricity.






If you are thinking about redoing the walls of your kitchen, consider using recycled glass tiles instead of ceramic tiles. These translucent tiles by Crossville are a beautiful way to dress up your kitchen walls and earth-friendly too.

If you want to do your part in saving the earth’s forests, take a look at engineered wood floors. Pergo makes its wood floors from 80% recycled wood waste materials. The installation process is also environmentally safe – no toxic glue is used – instead interlocking wood panels are applied.



Home Magazine did not overlook your outdoor space too. If you are thinking about building an outdoor deck for your home, Trex has come out with deck wood made from reclaimed wood and recycled plastic grocery bags – yes, grocery bags! These deck planks never warp, rot, or splinter and they do not require sanding and staining maintenance.

Many of the products used at the G&G Show House were auctioned off to benefit the charity, Habitats for Humanity.

Comments

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[Talis]

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[Charles from Sydney Heritage]

Hey great article. I love the idea of using recycled materials around the home and in construction. Though I have found through my little research that grabbing quality recycled materials can be hard to come by. I think society is yet to catch up with this idea and it become more mainstream practice.
Cheers Charles

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