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It's Easy Being Green
-It's not easy being green? Well, actually Kermit may have had it wrong. Making your home more environmentally friendly and greener is easier than you think. The number of green products available have grown significantly and have become easier to use. You can make a big difference. Consider using these types of green products in your home.
Energy efficient windows
By replacing your windows with energy efficient windows, you can save on energy bills by helping to keep heat inside during the winter and outside during the summer. These windows may have two or more panes of glass, warm edge spacers between the window panes, improved framing materials, and low-e coatings, microscopically thin metal or metallic oxide layers deposited on windows to reduce radiative heat flow.
Eco-friendly flooring
Bamboo, cork and eucalyptus flooring products are all excellent choices for the home as they are sustainable alternatives to the slow growing hardwoods. These products mature in roughly half the time that it takes hardwoods to grow. In addition to being a good eco-friendly choice, the options are good looking and affordable. Many of these floors are available in nail down, glue down, floating, hand scraped and distressed.