10 Steps to a Green Home
10 Ways to Make Your Home Greener
Making your home greener, aka more eco-friendly, is good for the planet and your utility bills. Changes you can implement could from the simple to the complex. Here are 10 methods to achieving a greener home.
1. Update Your Lightbulbs
To save money and make your home greener, install compact fluorescent lamps in addition to LED bulbs. Aside from using less energy, this type of lighting lasts longer.
2. Install a Programmable Thermostat
A programmable thermostat regulates the interior temperature of your home based on the settings you input for particular times of the day. It will help you decrease your heating and cooling costs, making your home greener.
3. Get Energy-Efficient Appliances
When it’s time to replace appliances, look for ones that are more energy efficient. They require less power to operate.
4. Increase Your Energy Savings Vigilance
Be vigilant when you’re at home. Turn off lights when moving from one room to another. Also, take advantage of surge protectors. Plug appliances and electronics into one, and simply switch off the surge protector before going to bed.
5. Wash Your Laundry in Cold Water
Hot water takes energy to heat. Washing in cold cleans your clothes while saving energy.
6. Plug Air Leaks
You can decrease your utility bills by installing weather stripping around your home’s doors. Also, caulk around your windows. This will prevent warmed or cooled air from leaving your home, decreasing the strain on your HVAC system.
7. Decrease Water Use
If you install aerators on your faucets, you can decrease the amount of water you’re using. You can also switch your showerheads to low-flow ones.
8. Start Composting
When you send food waste to a landfill, it produces methane, which is a harmful greenhouse gas. Decrease your personal carbon footprint by composting most of your food scraps.
9. Fix Drippy Faucets
If you notice that you have a drippy faucet or two, fix them immediately to conserve water.
10. Switch to Solar
Photovoltaic devices and equipment convert sunlight into electricity. Switching to solar is a great way to make your home greener.
Reliable HVAC Service
At Cooper Heating & Cooling, we service all types of heating and cooling units. Our technicians install new equipment and repair/maintain systems that have been on the job for a few years. Our green service program will support your efforts to achieve energy efficiency. If you’re anywhere in the Denver, Colorado Springs or Fort Collins area, contact us today to make an appointment.
Luke Cooper is the General Manager of the Cooper Green team and son of Gary Cooper, owner and CEO of Cooper HVAC. After years in the field, Luke took his talents to management and has helped thousands of Colorado homeowners during hot summers and frigid winters. His decade of experience in the field and guiding the company makes him one of the most knowledgeable individuals in Colorado on HVAC, plumbing, electrical and other home services.