The blog will pick a word of the week, to share & explore the selected word. Here’s an expression for the word – kāinga (Māori).
Building a new home or renovating? If we can implement eco-friendly features, it would be a big step to support our environment. How we power & heat our homes is one of the biggest contributors to our carbon footprint. Pre-fabricated, modular homes reduce waste with easy installations. Orienting our homes to a water view, developing naturally sustaining landscapes or bringing vegetation indoors works wonders.
New constructions can be totally self-sustaining with natural sources of energy. Made completely with natural or recycled stuff (stone, bricks, glass). All energy can be created from sources like wind & solar power (solar panels). Food can be produced by the community in or around our homes, water harvested naturally from the rain or nearby rivers. Packing our walls & ceilings with insulating materials cuts our carbon emissions & energy bills. Smart meters & energy efficient LED lighting reduces our energy usage.
A zero carbon home needs investing in solar panels, insulation, glazed windows & water pumps that benefit our environment. Growing an entire green space on our roof or walls? While it provides great insulation, it also reduces heat & noise pollution.
Our home can be flooded with light, resembling a greenhouse with floor to ceiling glass walls & windows that allow sunlight to warm our home naturally. Not only does it blur the line between the inside & out, it’s contemporary or modern with fresh air ventilation. We can easily become a green builder to save our beautiful planet.
