Eco Home Facts

Life Recycled: EcO Home Facts EcologistNews.com UK households spend £2.2 billion worth of electricity every year on cooling and freezing food and drink. CO2 Every household in the UK generates around six tonnes of carbon dioxide every year, enough to fill six hot air balloons of 10 metres in diameter. In the UK we use £2 billion worth of electricity by using washing machines, tumble dryers and dishwashers. If everyone installed one energy saving light bulb, the carbon dioxide emissions saved would fill the Royal Albert Hall nearly 2,000 times. If I out of 10 homes used ENERGY STAR qualified appliances, the change would be equal to planting 1.7 million acres of trees. An average family of four uses 400 gallons of water every day. If I out of 10 homes in the U.S. upgraded to water-efficient fixtures, it could save more than 300 billion gallons of water and nearly 2 billion annually. Make your own eco friendly home cleaners Baking soda continues to be the Salt works well as a natural stain remover, such as perspiration, coffee stains on clothes. most popular natural and eco friendly home cleaning agent. White vinegar is another extremely popular eco friendly home cleaner, because of its acidic nature. Olive oil mixed with lemon juice works wonders as a natural wood furniture polishing agent. The acidic property of lemon is able to break down greasy stains deposited on various metal products, making it Eucalyptus oil offers an environmentally friendly replacement for synthetic another popular and well known eco household cleaners. friendly home cleaning agent. One 98 foot tree with 200,000 leaves can absorb 11,359 gallons of water and breathe it into the air in just one growing season. Laptop computers consume up to 90% less energy than standard desktop computers. 33% of houses have a working carbon monoxide detector. 9 out of 10 water samples from houses are labeled safe to drink. EcologistNews.com Life Recycled: EcO Home Facts EcologistNews.com UK households spend £2.2 billion worth of electricity every year on cooling and freezing food and drink. CO2 Every household in the UK generates around six tonnes of carbon dioxide every year, enough to fill six hot air balloons of 10 metres in diameter. In the UK we use £2 billion worth of electricity by using washing machines, tumble dryers and dishwashers. If everyone installed one energy saving light bulb, the carbon dioxide emissions saved would fill the Royal Albert Hall nearly 2,000 times. If I out of 10 homes used ENERGY STAR qualified appliances, the change would be equal to planting 1.7 million acres of trees. An average family of four uses 400 gallons of water every day. If I out of 10 homes in the U.S. upgraded to water-efficient fixtures, it could save more than 300 billion gallons of water and nearly 2 billion annually. Make your own eco friendly home cleaners Baking soda continues to be the Salt works well as a natural stain remover, such as perspiration, coffee stains on clothes. most popular natural and eco friendly home cleaning agent. White vinegar is another extremely popular eco friendly home cleaner, because of its acidic nature. Olive oil mixed with lemon juice works wonders as a natural wood furniture polishing agent. The acidic property of lemon is able to break down greasy stains deposited on various metal products, making it Eucalyptus oil offers an environmentally friendly replacement for synthetic another popular and well known eco household cleaners. friendly home cleaning agent. One 98 foot tree with 200,000 leaves can absorb 11,359 gallons of water and breathe it into the air in just one growing season. Laptop computers consume up to 90% less energy than standard desktop computers. 33% of houses have a working carbon monoxide detector. 9 out of 10 water samples from houses are labeled safe to drink. EcologistNews.com