Eco-friendly/ Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

“The perfect lawn” comes with a very heavy environmental cost!
Landscaping

Which are the best bee-friendly & Eco-friendly alternatives to grass lawns in backyards?

...eco-friendlygroundcover lawn Creeping Herbs, such as thyme and oregano Thyme makes a bee friendly,eco-friendlylawn alternative Japanese Sweet Flag Japanese Sweet Flag is a bright &eco-friendly水牛草水牛草使一个生态友好的草坪三叶草c…

Swimming Pool Heating - Save energy & money & be Eco-friendly as possible Tips
Natural swimming pools and ponds

Heating a Swimming Pool - Top 10 Cost-Efficient & Eco-friendly ways to heat a pool

...eco-friendlyway and economize on pool heating is the pool temperature thermostat setting. Obvious really yet often overlooked, the warmer you heat your pool the more it costs to keep it to a higher operating temperature. Each degree rise in temperature equates to an approximate 15-18% increase in energy use and oper...

Eco-friendly & Healthy Flooring is best for Green Homes
Flooring and stairs

Eco-Friendly Flooring material options for Green-Homes

...Eco-Friendly优点:非常耐用;好的咖啡可以是天然的,抗过敏和抗菌的。一定不要把它们和乙烯基瓷砖混淆。缺点:它是卷的,由于颜色和图案,它们通常需要由专家安装。价格:每个5美元到12美元之间……

Home made DIY laundry detergent from buckeyes / horse chestnuts
Lifestyle and environment

How to make Eco-friendly DIY laundry soap from Buckeyes / Horse Chestnuts

...eco-friendlyand effective laundry detergent using ingredients you can pick off the floor?! Horse chestnuts and buckeyes for making laundry detergent are easy to find in many towns in autumn... Where to find Buckeyes or Horse Chestnuts for making soap They can be found lounging under the sapindus saponaria sp...

DIY cork flooring pros, cons & installation guide with video
Flooring and stairs

Cork flooring installation - the eco-friendly flooring choice, with "how to" video

...Eco-friendlyflooring choices available. The Edelweiss House is a slab-on-grade concrete floor covered with 1/8 thick pre-finished cork tiles from Lusimat, installed with a Zero VOC GreenForce adhesive from Bostik. We thank them both for taking part in this project, helping us reach our target of LEED Platinum while ...

Wood Combustion - How it works and the different stages
Wood stove and biomass heat

Wood Combustion – How Firewood Burns & How to get the best heat while being eco-friendly

Understanding how firewood burns, the technical details Stage 1: The Evaporation of Moisture – otherwise known as “getting the[email protected]thing going” If you’ve ever tried to burn wet or unseasoned wood in your fireplace you’ll know how very frustrating this stage can be . Gathering crumpled paper, kindling, an armful o...

A Tiny House with a Greenhouse - Yes it's Possible!

Tiny House with attached and mobile greenhouse - good or bad idea?

...eco-friendly? While we love the idea of compact living, driving a tiny house around is hardly good for your personal carbon footprint, so they don’t always equate to being aneco-friendlygreen home. Read more here about the downsides of tiny houses . But our biggest beef with tiny houses would be the F250 Super Duty...

Hemp insulation products for USA & Canada rolling off the production line
Insulation and soundproofing

Hemp insulation in Canada & USA - insulating naturally is an Eco-friendly alternative

Hemp insulation manufactured in Canada! Nature Fibres is a young company based in the town of Asbestos, Quebec, which began manufacturing hemp insulation in the winter of 2018. As the town’s name suggests, it was heavily reliant on the manufacturing of asbestos, but those mining and manufacturing facilities are clos...

Lasagna Gardening - How to Build an Easy Vegetable Garden
Food production

Lasagna gardening - the easiest vegetable garden at home?

...eco-friendly, productive and possibly organic garden - without having to go out and buy soil, especially if the underlying conditions are a heavy clay soil, lasagne gardening produces a light tilth, full of nutrients, and ready to grow delicious vegetables in the shade or in full sun. The name lasagna garden - also k...

Is EPS foam eco-friendly? Exterior home insulation rigid foam panels
Insulation and soundproofing

Does plastic foam or Styrofoam insulation have a place in green building?

...eco-friendlyHow’s that for a catch phrase –eco-friendlyfoam insulation! I know some of you have forehead veins that are beginning to throb now, thanks for reading along so patiently. Once we finally accept that we simply won’t have enough bio-based natural building materials to supply the demand of the global co...

Saving Energy in Swimming Pools and Hot Tubs - Our Top Tips to Save Money
Natural swimming pools and ponds

Top tips for energy efficient swimming pools - reduce pool cleaning & running costs

...eco-friendly, attractive to use and economical as possible in terms of energy use for heating and general operation. If you’re lucky enough to have a swimming pool or hot tub at home, then you’ll no doubt already know that they take quite a lot of maintenance and can be very costly in terms of heating and running cos...