Environmental Issues

I strongly believe that the biggest task or challenge to us these days is to conserve energy knowing its increase in scarcity day by day. However, with a little use of brains and creativity we can bring some prominent change and save energy at our houses.

At an average house, most of the energy is lost through little air vents present in our doors and windows, if we just check the flow of air with our hands and fix that space, we can easily keep our house warm in winters. We can fill any cracks or crevices on window frames, skirting boards of floors with filler or a sealant. Inlets can be made at different locations for cross circulation of air. This will allow automatic cooling of the house, consequently reducing electrical energy consumption.

A cost effective way to minimize heat loss is to give insulation to our roofs and invest in cavity wall protection. Black colored water pipes can be used on the roof tops to have the warm water circulation all over the house.

We can install container under our taps in the drain system to collect the unused water which would drain anyway and then later use it to water plants or other purposes.

Uses of energy efficient appliances such as energy saving lights are beneficial for cutting down electrical energy use to 50. In addition to that, we can use our window curtains wisely to save electricity during daytime and close them at sunset to keep the house warm.

By implementing the suggestions discussed above, a significant progress can be made towards improving the energy efficiency around the house.