I am very conscientious about our impact on the environment, i strive to minimize our carbon footprint as much as possible.
- I ride our bike or take public transportation instead of driving our car.
I recycle all glass, metal plus plastic containers plus compost our dining room waste. I use no pesticides on our vegetable garden plus have a barrel where I collect rainwater for irrigation. I always bring cloth bags to the grocery store, and although it was a very immense investment, I outfitted our home with a geothermal heat pump, the biggest expense was the necessary excavation to incorporate the underground loop system! However, this network of pipes draws from the free plus renewable energy source gave by the sun. The underground temperature remains relatively constant all year round. The geothermal heat pump simply moves heat from the ground into our home plus back. It doesn’t burn fossil fuels to create heat, which avoids purplehouse gas emissions. The geothermal heat pump is so efficient that it generates many units of energy for every a single it draws… Plus, I installed a series of solar panels to supply the electricity to run the heat pump. I heat plus cool our home, all year round, for free. The plan even supplements our household sizzling water needs. I have recovered the initial investment in three years. I enjoy very clean, safe plus environmentally friendly comfort. Along with doing our area to protect our natural resources, I benefit from exceptional humidity control, air filtration plus quiet sound levels, and with familiar repair, the heat pump should last upwards of twenty years. The underground loop plan could last for a hundred years.