Top 20 Home Improvement Sites: GreenLivingIdeas Makes The List!
Home improvement comes in many forms. Here at GreenLivingIdeas, we aim to deliver good quality ideas for greening (which we definitely believe means improving!) your home. Greening your home has a plethora of benefits. First, you pay less in utilities. By cutting your carbon footprint, it feels good, but it also means you are a primary beneficiary financially, too. Second, your home is healthier. Cleaner indoor air quality, fewer toxins, less offgassing, etc. Third, you’re improving your life. By building a compost bin and planting an organic garden, for instance, you also benefit by having a place of meditative enjoyment, a place that nourishes you and your family, and a hobby that is both fruitful and healthy. And of course, you’re improving your home and increasing its resale value.
We do this because we love to promote green home ideas, and of course because the more you share our awesome content, the more money we make (so thanks for liking and sharing this article….ahem!). We don’t do it for glory, but every now and again, it sure is nice to be recognized. So we were thrilled when Totally Home Improvement recently recognized GreenLivingIdeas as a top 20 home improvement site!
With that in mind, we’d like to share some of the best green home improvement ideas we’ve written about in the past.
Energy
Home Automation as an energy saver
What a deep energy retrofit can do for you
Home insulation: what you need to know
Four home energy inefficiencies for under $100
Green and Efficient Home Heating
Kitchen Appliances that are energy efficient
Water
Dual flush toilet converters: TapNFlush product review
3 Great DIY water conservation strategies
Indoor Air Quality
Ways to improve your indoor air quality (IAQ)
10 Houseplants that improve indoor air quality
Healthier, greener products
Clean burning, recycled firewood logs
Household cleansers and natural cleaning products
Homemade natural drain cleaner
Landscaping & Garden
Principles of Eco-friendly landscaping
Save space with vertical gardening
Container gardening: the 16 best plants for growing in tight spaces
Gardening in small spaces: how to succeed!
Photo courtesy of Pono Home
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About the Author
Scott Cooney Scott Cooney is a serial eco-entrepreneur including being the solo founder of Pono Home, HomeEfficiency.com, and CleanTechnica; author of two books; former sustainability consultant with clients including Johnson & Johnson, Eastman Chemical, Wal-Mart, and Duke Energy; former Adjunct teaching the first course in sustainable business in the MBA program at UH Manoa; lover of local, healthy food and especially vegan nachos. Find Scott on Twitter
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