| Many of us want to make your home or office more | | | | work with your flooring. Use natural flooring materials |
| eco-friendly. Lot of people still have doubts in this | | | | that give beautiful finish and environmental friendly. One |
| aspect. However, making your office or home more | | | | of the common types of eco-friendly flooring is either |
| green can be done easily. If you intend to have an | | | | cork or bamboo. |
| eco-friendly home you need to start from scratch. | | | | The Cork flooring is comfortable to walk on and its |
| There are few simple modifications that can be done | | | | highly durable. This type of flooring can be laid using |
| to your home or office to make it green with least | | | | non toxic adhesives and its available in varying colours. |
| costs. Making your home more green definitely | | | | The other alternative green flooring is Bamboo flooring |
| increase its resale value. Therefore, having an | | | | which is similar to traditional timber flooring when |
| environment friendly home or office is a unique selling | | | | finished. The reason Bamboo is eco-friendly because |
| point today. Follow the steps given below make your | | | | bamboo is not an endangered wood species when |
| home or office greener. | | | | compared to other exclusive wood. In other words, |
| Step-1 Apply Eco-friendly Paint. | | | | Bamboo is fast growing species and are available in |
| This is one of easiest improvements you can start | | | | abundance. |
| with when you want to convert your home to more | | | | If you have a large budget, you can replace your |
| green. Painting with eco-friendly paint is the easiest in a | | | | existing roof to an solar-roofing system. Solar roof |
| home improvement project. Today, there are many | | | | systems are well known green options. These roof |
| eco-friendly paints free of VOC levels that are | | | | systems can generate electricity from the sun light |
| available in the market. These paints may have fewer | | | | falling on the roof. The generated energy can be used |
| non organic chemicals that can pollute the environment. | | | | for your home without totally dependent on the |
| There are three basic types of environmental friendly | | | | national grid. These roof systems seemed eco-friendly |
| paints: 1) milk based, 2) clay based and 3) recycled | | | | because its ability produce electricity form solar |
| latex. These paints have wide application options so | | | | energy. Correctly installed solar roofing system could |
| that it can be applied on different surfaces. | | | | last over 25-30 years. |
| Milk based paints are 100% natural, how ever they | | | | Step-3 Use Reflective Type Roofing System |
| have to be mixed with water before application. The | | | | The third option is to have reflective roofing system. |
| milk based paints are expensive compared to others | | | | By painting your roof with reflective paint coating or |
| and the advantage is it remains porous after drying. | | | | white coloured paint you can prevent heat into the |
| The Clay based paints are widely used for faux | | | | building during summer. It will help you to save energy |
| finishes and are very long lasting. Of all three, this is the | | | | and money by way of reducing your cooling bill. It also |
| most eco-friendly pain | | | | prevents ultra violet radiation which is harmful to you |
| Out of all three paints, the recycled latex is the most | | | | as well as materials. Hence roofs made out of |
| popular paint which is readily available in most major | | | | recycled metals seemed to be very energy efficient |
| home improvement stores or hardware stores. Also, | | | | and environment friendly. Metal roofs can reflect heat |
| its available in wide range of colours. The advantage | | | | approximately 35% of the heat falling on to your roof. |
| of this paint is, it does not require natural wax coating | | | | With proper maintenance and care metal roofs can |
| to prevent stains unlike other two types of eco-friendly | | | | last very long periods. |
| paints. | | | | The above eco-friendly options can make your home |
| Step-2: Use Eco-friendly Flooring | | | | or office more greener and enhance its environmental |
| Another step to make your home eco-friendly is to | | | | standards and value. |