Finding Green Solutions For Your Home

Solar Power

Solar power relies on solar cells, which are long-lasting. Because just a single solar cell can be installed on a roof this makes the energy source affordable to homeowners. By being placed on an existing roof of a home or business the installation of solar cells won't require any additional space either. A non-polluting energy source, solar power is also silent.

Biomass Heating

Biomass heating is not only beneficial to the environment, but, by being energy efficient, it will help to bring down fuel bills. Biomass fuel also has a reputation for reliability, with biomass boilers notable for their efficiency in providing a home with heat and hot water.

The environmental benefits of using biomass heating is down to what is used to make it functional. This will typically be residue from forests and woodland, or from agriculture and industry, which means that, through being existing material, the carbon cycle is not affected. Consequently, biomass fuel doesn't have the same impact on the environment as fossil fuels. Biomass is also an ancient form of renewable energy, as wood would have been used as the most common fuel for fires in the Stone Age.

Energy Efficient Light Bulbs

The installation of energy efficient light bulbs is the easiest way that energy can be reduced in a home or business. If every room has energy efficient bulbs the savings will stack up over the course of a year.

Unnecessary Heating

Having heating on higher than necessary during mild weather is one example of how homeowners and businesses can miss out on saving on energy costs. Though sometimes easy to forget, when the weather is milder heating should be adjusted accordingly. Energy can also be wasted by being on in bedrooms rarely used, for instance.

Drying Clothes

When radiators are on they can be used as a way of drying clothes. In the winter months this can help to reduce the use of a tumble dryer.

Saving Hot Water

Monitoring an immersion heater will help to eliminate the chances of hot water being wasted. When there's hot water, but nobody is using it then that's an obvious waste of energy.