| Recently, an entire solar powered village was | | | | system, whether natural or mechanical is a must. |
| announced in Dubai. Eco friendly products, designs | | | | Mechanical ventilation systems can provide many |
| and eco friendly businesses are getting increasingly | | | | controls such as exhaust system, heat recovery, |
| popular these days. Solar panels are just one of | | | | speed controller or furnace integration. |
| those techniques that you can employ to adapt a | | | | Saving Energy: |
| more nature friendly lifestyle. Not only it proves | | | | There are so many ways to save energy, using |
| to be healthier and more cost efficient, it also | | | | energy saving electronics, switching off |
| adds value to your property. Since green business | | | | unnecessary appliances, setting your heating |
| and green lifestyle is in trend now days and in | | | | cooling systems to a lower degree, using double |
| future we can expect home buyers to be seeking | | | | glazed windows, replacing old electrical machines |
| environment friendly homes or apartments. | | | | (because the newer ones are more energy |
| So how do you make your residence more eco | | | | efficient). You can also make use of alternate |
| friendly? That is fairly easy if you are going to | | | | energy, for example using wood burners in place |
| build a new home (you can install solar panels or | | | | of electric heaters. |
| use insulation, etc) however transforming old | | | | Recycling & Reusing: |
| homes into eco friendly residence is relatively | | | | There's nothing wrong in buying used furniture, |
| difficult. Still, there are innumerable changes that | | | | washing machine, vehicles, or any other |
| you can easily make. | | | | commodity as long as it can serve the purpose. |
| Natural Light & Air Ventilation: | | | | Similarly, when you are looking to dump some of |
| Natural light can not only lit our houses, it's also | | | | your items, don't throw them away in trash. |
| capable of brightening up our lives. Sunlight has a | | | | Instead, find some needy ones in your |
| very positive impact on our mood and energy. | | | | neighborhood who may be in need of that item. |
| When building homes, you should spend significant | | | | You can donate your books, clothes, sports |
| amount of time in carefully planning the location of | | | | equipment and the likes. It may not affect the |
| windows. If the windows cannot be used because | | | | environment of your home directly, but adapting |
| of the room position or some other reason, make | | | | these green living practices as a community will |
| use of tubular skylights. It will save a lot on your | | | | have a constructive bearing on the entire society, |
| electricity bills as well. Similarly, a quality ventilation | | | | for sure. |