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Having a house built is expensive, and having to do extra work to have a positive impact on the environment can make that price even more costly, but that doesn’t mean you should avoid it. Constructing a new green home means you can have it built with renewable energy in mind, making it much easier for the house to function in the way that you want it to. When you’re trying to protect the environment, you have a lot of bases to cover and you want to make sure that your construction isn’t going to disturb nature.
Planning and location
Location is important for any house, as you need to make sure that it’s somewhere it can be convenient to you, and not too far from the essentials. Your life is based around your home, and you don’t want to be too far from all of the places that you frequently visit. An isolated home can be peaceful, but having to spend a large portion of your day commuting to your work can really take away from that charm.
Your location is important for more than just convenience, but you need to make sure that your plans aren’t going to be a disturbance to the wildlife around you. Check out sites like www.batsurveys.co.uk for an example of what you need to check before you get the building started. In some cases, you may be denied planning permission due to intrusions on nature, so it’s best to consider that before you apply!
Insulation
When you’re trying to build a green home, you need to consider all of the ways that you can cut down on energy usage, and a great way to do that is through increased insolation. Having more insulation in your walls won’t make your house too warm, but it can definitely decrease the amount that you have to spend on keeping the place warm during the winter. Of course, it’s difficult to implement this into already-built houses, as the walls are designed with the standard amount of insulation in mind.
Renewable energy
It’s never been easy to transition over to completely renewable energy, as we use a lot of energy in our everyday lives. There’s only so much that can be helped with solar panels, and they can be expensive to buy and install. With that said, you’ll still be helping the amount of energy that you’re using daily, and you’ll notice the benefits after having them installed.
One way to contribute to the heat in your house is through ground-source heat pumps, which are pipes that are buried under the earth linking to your house. The pipes absorb the heat from the sun and transfer it to the pipes in your house, overall making your house a lot warmer.
It’s not cheap to take the environment in mind, but it’s the least we can do to give back to the planet. The population grows every day, and it becomes more and more difficult to look out for the environment with so many people have their own impact.
