Eco Friendly Home Product Ideas & Information
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LED track lighting is an eco friendly option for creating glorious lighting effects in your home. We all know lighting is a critical component of interior design, creating warmth, accentuating interest points, and setting the mood for a room. However, green consumers also know that lighting is where a huge portion of the energy bill [...]
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It’s not too difficult to find a non toxic wood stain these days. With stronger regulations, health concerns and an eco-conscious market, most big brands have developed a non-toxic line of stain and paint products. Rightly so; paints and other finishes are a major source of human created volatile organic chemicals, better known as VOCs. [...]
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Green interior design means creating a healthy and comfortable living space while keeping the environment in mind. The basic goals and principles of green design in terms of the construction of your home, also apply to the design of your interior. Essentially, the goal is always to reduce the footprint we leave on the environment. [...]
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Cork floor tiles are an eco-friendly choice in flooring. Not only is cork a completely renewable resource, the tiles are made from what is left over from cork stopper processing. Cork is harvested from the cork oak, Quercus suber, which grows around the Mediterranean. The bark is peeled from the tree without harming the tree. [...]
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All window blinds have some insulative properties. However, purpose-built energy efficient blinds can truly help improve the heating and cooling efficiency of your home. Windows are where the greatest heat loss and heat gain occurs in the home. I’ve written previously here on EcoVillageGreen about how windows with a low solar heat gain coefficient will [...]
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