With spiralling energy costs, many of us are now turning to greener ways of using and saving energy. It can range from simply changing to environmentally friendly light bulbs, fitting draft excluders and turning down your thermostat to major changes such as underflow heating and cavity wall insulation. Some companies offer what is now known as a “green mortgage”, a condition that the money lent to you will be used for “green improvements” to your home. [Read more...]
Eco-buildings
March 11, 2011 By
Eco-buildings take on many forms; they can be schools, offices, community halls or places of worship. These buildings are also known as green construction or sustainable building. When building these structures the materials are environmentally friendly and efficiently resourced right from the beginning of its lifecycle from design through to construction, operation and maintenance. [Read more...]
Eco Villages
March 8, 2011 By
Eco villages are made up of groups of people who have the same ecological, socio-economic and spiritual values. The people of the villages have often made a decision to use alternative sources of energy for electricity, water and sewage systems. They believe that the modern consumerist lifestyle we now lead is wasteful and destructive and that the only way to avert an environmental disaster is to lead this alternative lifestyle which has a minimal ecological impact on the local environment. [Read more...]
The Environment-Eco Construction – What is Eco-Construction?
March 4, 2011 By
Eco-Construction is constructing a building that is not harmful and indeed could be beneficial to the environment. It is also known as “green building”. These structures are built from local resources and environmentally friendly materials, the energy that is needed to build it and the energy that comes from the structure. [Read more...]
