EnviroCell’s eco friendly cellulose fibre insulation
As the environmental crisis continues to grab the headlines, the need for eco-friendly house designs is becoming increasingly urgent.
Depletion of fossil fuels, drought, climate change and pollution are affecting every aspect of our lives, and people are starting to sit up and take notice. With climates becoming more extreme in Australia people are starting to look into smarter building choices to minimise impact of changing climates. A more conservative approach to everyday living is required. But most people find that these approaches are not affordable due to the price of materials required to do the job.
Energy bills in the average household are around $1,800 per annum, but it is not unusual for high use households to have bills up $4,000 per annum. What we need to do now is to future-proof our lifestyles by making good investments, which will see returns even in the short term.
A key factor in economical housing development is thermal mass insulation, using quality materials to protect the interior environment from external extremes. A well-ventilated roof, with a quality insulation solution is an affordable way to lower heating and cooling energy bills by up to 45%.
Using roof insulation in a normal residential building will see the product pay back the total cost of the insulation in around 3.8 years and the insulation will continue to save money and provide comfort for the householder for the life of the building.
Conversely, if a building remains uninsulated, over its projected life of 60 years the householder will have unnecessarily paid for the cost of the insulation 12 times over through the cost of wasted energy.
Other less affordable ways of improving energy efficiency are:
Installing double glazed windows that can be easily opened for ventilation, including fitting shades and blinds to south and west-facing windows
- Installing low-energy lighting
- Choose appliances with a high star rating
- Fitting top-grade white goods with the Energy Rating Label that shows the star rating on energy consumption
The bottom line to current households is, an affordable way to ensure your household is eco friendly is to:
- Spend wisely to ensure low running costs
- If you spend your money on thermal insulation and ventilation, double glazed windows shades and blinds and quality building materials, then you are going to lower energy bills. This will lower your green house gas emissions and your households overall carbon count, which in turn will ensure you are doing your part to save our environment from the global environmental crisis that we are heading toward.
24-Aug-2007