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Brits are always looking for ways to spruce up their homes with kitchen redesigns, loft conversions and extensions being among the most popular. However, if you’re looking for ways to upgrade your home in 2024, making it more sustainable could be the best approach.
Climate change continues to harm the world and while much of the responsibility is on the shoulders of world leaders, we as individuals must also play our part in reducing our own carbon footprint. The average Brit is responsible for around 13 tonnes of CO2 every year, so finding new ways to cut this down is imperative.
The home should be your first port of call for living a more environmentally friendly and sustainable lifestyle. With several slight adjustments, you can reduce the emissions your home releases, which may even help to cut down your energy bills too! If you want to learn how to do this, our tips below can help. Read on to discover the best ways to make your home more sustainable.
Electric Boiler
Switch out your traditional gas-based one for a new electric boiler. These are relatively cheap to install and can reduce your carbon footprint by huge amounts. These take power from the mains supply rather than fossil fuels, which helps to make them efficient and cheap to run. The available electric boiler options include:
Double Glazed Windows
If your windows are single-glazed, they may be letting more cold air in and allowing more heat from your home to escape. By making them thicker with double glazing, they should be more energy efficient, making it easier to heat your entire home.
Adding double-glazed windows shouldn’t cost an arm and a leg either, making it a more affordable change to make to your home.
Solar Power
Solar power allows you to reduce your fossil fuel usage even more and it’s now estimated that around 70% of Brits would buy a home with solar panels on the roof, proving just how popular they can be.
While solar panels can be expensive to install, they’ll be more than worth it in the long run with energy bills being lower. Plus, you can have peace of mind that your carbon emissions will be lower than using power from the grid.
Waste Reduction
Waste is another area in which you can be sustainable. Some of the best waste practices you need to be doing include:
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