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Green Home Improvements – Live Better & Save Money! by William J. Lund
Searching the Internet looking for “Green” home improvements? Home improvement projects that will improve your life or save you money? One that is friendly to the environment?
Green Plumbing Saves Energy Water and Money!
Well I have a suggestion; look at your plumbing. A Green plumbing system can provide you with convenience and save you energy, water, and money. At the same time you will be reducing your carbon footprint. When you reduce energy and water usage you reduce Green House gasses being released into the atmosphere from treating and pumping both the potable water and the sewage in addition to any direct savings of energy.
Tankless Water Heaters Are Green
Energy efficiency is one of the advantages of a tankless water heater. Since tankless water heaters don’t have a tank full of hot water radiating heat 24 hours a day, they use less energy in most situations. Another advantage that tankless hot water heaters have over traditional tank type water heaters is that you never run out of hot water.
Currently there are big tax credits being allowed for tankless water heaters, I think it’s possible to get up to 30% of the cost in credits, but I’m not sure and you should check the tankless water heater sites if you are interested in the credits. The sites are all touting the tax credits at the moment.
In some areas there are rebates for tankless hot water heaters being offered by various agencies like water companies and power companies… be sure to check your local government agencies to find any rebates that may pertain to your green home improvements.
Green Plumbing Products
Another green plumbing product is the hot water demand system. Hot water demand systems are pumps and valves that typically install under your sink, and pump the water from your water heater to your fixture at high speed, using the cold water line to return the cooled off hot water that typically sits in the hot water piping. When the hot water reaches your fixtures the pump shuts off to prevent hot water from getting into the cold water piping.
Hot water demand systems save you water energy and money. Every time you turn on the hot water faucet and then wait for hot water to reach you, while running gallons of water down the drain, you are causing more green house gasses to be released, and wasting energy and water.
Combine a Tankless Water Heater and a Pump
By combining a tankless water heater and a hot water demand system you get one of the greenest home improvements you can make for a reasonable investment. You are saving both energy and water. Tankless water heaters take a little longer to get hot water to your fixtures since they must first heat the water where a tank type water heater has hot water ready to go. This makes a hot water demand system that much more desirable.
Adding the convenience of instant hot water when you turn on the spigot makes your life better and saves water, energy, money, and turns your plumbing green reducing your carbon foot print.
About the Author
Going Green: Green Home Improvements
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