Live in a greener home

Live in a greener home

A wave of sustainability has hit Danish homeowners, making green the new black. This sustainable wave has brought new and more sustainable initiatives for how we can live greener, save money and have a healthier life.

Here we will look at 3 sustainable measures you can take to ride the wave and live greener.

Energy renovation

Energy renovation is one of the bigger measures you can take to live greener. The word renovation alone may already sound expensive and daunting. But it can pay off in the long run.

If you have a home from the 1970s or earlier, an energy renovation is an obvious way to live greener. With an energy renovation you can improve your home’s energy label and increase the value of the home. But even though you increase the home’s value, the cost of the energy renovation itself may be greater than the rise in your home’s value. You can read more in with this energy label you should consider renovating, and see whether it pays to carry out an energy renovation.

Energy renovation is not only about increasing the home’s value. It also helps the indoor climate. A poor indoor climate can cause symptoms such as headaches, tiredness and so on, or develop into asthma and allergies. That said, an energy renovation is not the answer to a better indoor climate. You still have to remember to air the home every day, dust the surfaces and so on. 

Switch to renewable energy

Summer is over and the warm days are nearly gone. Instead of starting to heat the house with fossil fuels from your oil or gas boiler, there are greener solutions. You can replace your old oil or gas boiler with more renewable energy sources. Those sources could be, for example, a heat pump or district heating.

By switching to a heat pump or district heating, you can save up to 30-50% of your heating bill. 

Reuse instead of throwing away

Reuse has become more popular, and companies have started making sustainable products from recyclable materials. Today you can buy products such as chairs, tables and so on made from recyclable materials. If you buy sustainable products, your home also becomes greener.

But if you are the do-it-yourself type, you can come up with sustainable ideas for furnishing your home yourself. You can make the sofa or the garden furniture from a couple of Euro pallets, and you can make the dining table yourself from timber bought at the DIY store, and so on. The only limits are your creativity and imagination.