The Green Home Guide

How to create environmentally sustainable homes

Epping Forest District Council

If you want to take action for climate to help tackle the climate crisis, thinking about your own lifestyle and home can be a great place to start.

If you need some pointers on how to make your home more sustainable, here are a few changes – large and small – that you could make to help get you started and potentially save you money in the long term as well.

• Generate your own renewable energy

• Reduce the amount of waste your home produces

• Upgrade your boiler with an air source heat pump

• Switch to an electric vehicle

• Install a smart meter to monitor your energy use

• Insulate your home to help keep the heat in

• Use less water around your home

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