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Making your home eco-friendly is something that will not only give help preserve our planet, little by little, but could also save you money in the long run. Even small adjustments in your home can yield huge results, both for your pocket and the environment, giving your conscience some peace of mind.

Many available environmentally friendly ways of improving your home are concerned with heating and insulation; the better insultated your home is, the less heat it will lose. Lost heat not only means money down the drain, but also wasted energy-making resources and leaked CO2, both of which have negative effects on the environment.

Adding insulation to your home can make a huge difference to how much heat is lost unnecessarily. Insulation can be added between your walls or in your loft to save you up to 40% on your bills and reduce your CO2 emissions; you can also add to existing insultation to make it even more effective. Some people are entitled to government grants to help insulate their home and it is a very simple process, meaning that it is both easy and financially practical to invest in efficient insulation.

An old boiler can often be much less efficient than a newer, eco-friendly model; replacing yours can make a massive difference to your heating bills and also reduce your effect upon the environment. In light of this, it can be an excellent idea to switch to a more efficient and newer boiler; this can reduce your carbon emissions by up to sixty percent. You can save a very considerable amount of money in doing so, which offsets the initial cost of having your boiler replaced.

It doesn’t need to require lots of effort to make your home more eco-friendly, however; sometimes small changes can make a considerable difference without further measures such as replacing a boiler. Stopping draughts throughout your house, by making sure doors are closed and draught excluders are used, will help to keep your bills – and emissions – lower, and even very small changes such as using energy-efficient lightbulbs can make your home environmentally friendly with a minimum of effort.

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