Guide to Creating an Eco-Friendly Household

It’s important to make our home health friendly. All the products in daily use should be natural and organic. We should ensure that we dwell in a healthy and safe environment. Even if we follow the basics of above mentioned tips, we will be able to build a better future.

With the increase in pollution and global warming, citizens of all the countries should be taking few vital steps to protect and preserve the environment. This can be practiced by employing a few environment friendly activities into our daily lives. We can begin this by first designing our homes in an eco-friendly manner. This would include simple and economical steps such as elaborated here –

1. Conserving Water: Treating switches and taps with an attachment or aerosol spray will help in increasing pressure and reducing the flow of water. At the same time installing a dual flush system for your WCs or using low-flow showerheads for the same purpose can significantly help conserve water. Also consider installing a waterless urinal.
2. Ventilation: Always create natural ventilation at home. Cross ventilation allows cooling and prevents the build up of toxic chemicals and carbon monoxide. Also allow sunlight to flood into the house, which will help in preventing formation of moulds and mites dwelling in carpets, curtains, sofa covers and corners of the house. Attach net windows on Aluminum Railing for to avoid mosquitoes and hence keeping the windows open for fresh air. Creating natural ventilation will help in reducing usage of cooling and heating equipments.
3. Appliances: Always use energy-efficieant and energy-saving appliances and devices to save energy. Before going to bed ensure you switch off and umplug all connected devices like phone chargers, DVD players and TV as they consume energy while not in use.  Heating and cooling activities consume half of the energy in the house. To avoid this, use energy saving models of heaters and air-conditioners.  One can also use oil radiators to keep warm in winters.one can also delay heat generating activities such as dryers, washing machines and dishwashers to limit consumption of energy. To keep home cool, shade east and west windows with curtains and blinds. This helps in over utilization of fans and coolers.
4. Common Zones: Your idea of creating an environment friendly home can be extended beyound our homes. Conservation measures can be implemented at society level by installing a solar hot water system and harvesting, and using rain water wherever possible. All these infrastructures will help in reducing load on civic amenities. It will further cut down on electricity consumption and will help in future savings.
5. Lighting: for common aresa like lobbies, passages and staircases installing LED lights which are controlled by motion detection sensors and infrared to conserving energy. Using Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs than a standard one helps in saving 66% energy and they tend to work 10 times longer. One can also go solar by using solar heaters, cookers and chargers.
6. Recycling Waste: Encouraging this concept would be the best service one can give to the society. Segrgating organic and inorganic waste and recycling organic waste can help in reducing pollution. At the same time ban plastic. Use a jute or cloth bag while go for shopping or to the market.  Also use safe cleaners that does not contain harmful toxic. Use simple ingredients like baking soda, plain soap or lemon juice.

It’s crucial to be eco-friendly by adapting these habits not only at our home front but also at our workplace.

Author Bio
I am Mike Federer, a writer by profession-an observer by instinct. Researching about subjects of my interest and contributing write-ups regularly to online publications, blogs and websites is a daily activity for me. When I am not occupied with work, I spend days on end playing with my little kids, Sara and Ryan. They are my inspiration behind approaching every subject with childlike curiosity.