More Australians are looking to minimise both environmental impact and financial outlay by outfitting their houses with sustainable, green home design elements.
Green architecture, or green home design, is an approach to building that minimises harmful effects on human health and the environment. It is a way to safeguard air, water, and earth by choosing eco-friendly building materials and construction practices.
Nowadays, it’s not just about adding solar panels on your roof and calling your home sustainable.
Here are three other ways you can add green home design elements to your home:
You’re undertaking a major home renovation, and you’re thinking about going for green flooring. It would certainly be a wise choice, because some of the more common flooring options today, vinyl and regular carpets included, post risks to your home and the environment. Not only are they petroleum based, but they—regular carpets in particular—also harbour allergens and toxic chemicals.
The French Parliament has approved a ground breaking law that requires all new commercial buildings in France to cover their rooftops in plants or solar panels, according to an article on Outdoor Design Source.
Australian summer can have a wilting effect on your garden. Gardens have a therapeutic value for us, but unless they are in the ‘green’ of their health, they do not exude much confidence. Here, then, are a few tricks you can use to improve your garden and keep them in top spirit.
The appetite of time is that it does not pass every fad. Fashions change over time. Only some very necessary or reliable ones meet the requirements of time and continue to be in vogue (well, forever). At the moment, it seems that ‘green homes’ is one such idea.
When earthquake hit New Zealand in 2011, the country thought of addressing the damages an earthquake can bring about. It was just then that an open source project called WikHouse was doing the rounds. NZ grabbed it!