Building a green home? Before you do

Bangalore- Green building continues to evolve apace, spurred by interest in reducing resource use and carbon emissions, and the desire to provide more comfortable, beautiful and productive homes and offices that facilitate a connection with nature.It takes well-informed professionals with a good repute to provide comprehensive Green home solutions. Nevertheless, the homeowner is required to know all the intricacies for transformation to a green home. A gist of various green home solutions is provided below: Use ENERGY STAR rated equipments: Using ENERGY STAR rated appliances that comply with definite standards can trim down the annual electric bill by more than 30 percent. Computer monitors is a common type of electronic equipment among a range of others. The choice of paint plays a vital role in being environment friendly. Avoid using Volatile organic compounds or VOC based paints, which can be detrimental for the indoor air freshness or quality. This paint emits toxic substances even after they are dry. Using renewable products: We can opt for carpets and window curtains that are made of natural plant fibers such as linen or cotton, untreated with pesticides and other chemical solutions. These evade the accrual of dust at home, besides being painless to wash. Use flooring solutions from renewable resources like bamboo; its fibers used to floor the leg space. Bamboos are a type of grass in contrary to a common belief that it is a variety of plant. Bamboos are cheap and at the same time, they are very sturdy and durable. Bamboos have a short maturity time among all its variants. Employing faucet aerators: Regulating the flow of water with faucet aerators will curb its unwanted wastage at home. Without it, the water flows out of the faucet as a stream. However, when aerators are fixed, the stream passes through its tiny holes and the water appears as tiny droplets. Considering the massive wastage in our homes while brushing and other ablutions, this would irrefutably be a smart choice. Solar power: Employing solar power-driven water heaters can radically diminish the heating bills. They are slowly replacing the electric heaters in India. The Rainwater harvesting is a common practice for storing rainwater from the roof of the building. In India, many local bodies of various cities have mandated its installation for higher square feet properties. Countries like U.S. mandate a permit before installation. Indoor plants and other strategic points: Indoor plants help pump in more oxygen while absorbing the carbon dioxide at home. This improves air quality inside homes by colossal proportions. Homes should have sufficient ventilators and windows to drain out all the toxins and bring in fresh air. If you are not budget strapped, you can use high roof for buildings, which provides more lung space. In addition to these ideas, one can find solace by using CFL lamps instead of incandescent ones to witness major cutbacks in power bills. Using glazed windows can reduce noise, provide insulation from heat during hot summer days, and at the same time prevent the escaping of heat during cold winter months. However, they can be detrimental to indoor plant's growth, as the tinted glasses filters 70 percent of the light resulting in sparse growth of the plant.