Helping you achieve your financial goals through Green Energy

Home Automation Technology Helps Manage Energy Use
Smart home automation is a growing industry and a popular trend for homeowners who want the latest technology. However, it can also be a great new tool for green computing and reducing energy costs by using your computer or any other computer in the world. Home automation design involves one centralized system to control the lights, temperature, music, televisions and security systems in a home. The system  can be one panel in the home, and it can also be designed for remote Internet-based operation. A few clicks from any computer can turn down the heat and switch off all the lights, reducing energy bills and the carbon footprint of any home. LSquare, a home automation technology practice, estimates a three-bedroom home with a smart home automation system can save more than 385 KG of CO2 emissions per year.

Sustainable Living Approach

Sustainable living is a lifestyle that attempts to reduce an individual's or society's use of the Earth's natural resource and his/her own resources. It is fundamentally the application of sustainability to lifestyle choice and decisions. Sustainability itself is expressed as meeting present ecological, societal, and economical needs without compromising these factors for future generations. Sustainable living can therefore be described as living within the innate carrying capacities defined by these factors.

Though the concept certainly sounds good in theory, you may wonder what the real benefits are to living in a green home.

•    Savings in the long-term due to lower utility bills
•    Less toxic substances and cleaner air help promote healthy living.
•    Help the environment by utilizing recycled products and renewable resources
•    An energy efficient, well designed green home will command a high market value in the real estate market.

In essence sustainable living is a recipe for "win win win"

Save energy & costs
•    Grey-water
•    Efficient home water use
•    Rainwater
•    Water restrictions

Reduce waste & recycle
•    Building materials
•    Household hazardous waste
•    Kitchen and food waste
•    Recycling

Travel smarter
•    Cycling
•    Motor transport
•    Public transport
•    Walking