The flat / house promoters nowadays are more focused on equipping constructions with modern with modern amenities and equipments. The cost of building an eco-friendly home can be high at initial stage but it is considered as 'economical' in the long-term.
Sustainable living attempts to reduce individual's use of the earth's natural resources.
Eco-friendly homes are those homes which are environmentally friendly. An ideal eco-friendly home is a home which is built-up with mud bricks and has roof for sunlight, ventilation, solar power for energy efficient lights, small garden with fruit and medical plants & has fenced bamboo sticks.
There are many ways to make any home eco-friendly and sustainable with minimum wastage of water, electricity and other natural resources.
We all are aware that Sun has an abundant source of energy which is pure, clean and renewable. It is used for water-heating, and can fulfill the power needs of any house. Also solanr panels help in saving power and transferring to batteries for later use.
Installing skylights roof for individual houses will be highly economical and cost-effective as it reduces electricity consumption at home.
We can easily get low voltage lights which save energy. These lights are brighter than ordinary bulbs.
In India, water has been a scarce resource. To save and / or to fully utilise water, water re-cyling can be done. It is a process of reusing grey water from wash basin, shower and washing machine after it undergoes water treatment procedure. Also 'Rain Water Harvesting' will help a lot when the people face severe water scarcity during summer season.
As far as garbage is concerned, kitchen waste and dry waste should be separated. Kitchen waste can be turned in to compost and can be used in the garden. Dry wastes like plastic, metal, rubber should be thrown for recycling process and should never be thrown on the streets.
Be it wash basin, rest-room flush-out, shower or other water taps, they should have low water flow mechanisms with no leakage at all.
Though going for eco-friendly homes is very stressful, still it provides peace of mind and joy due to numerous benefits.
Sustainable living attempts to reduce individual's use of the earth's natural resources.