Eco-friendly insulation
For energy efficient heating, make sure your house is well insulated. Without insulation, heat is lost through walls and ceilings, meaning more energy is needed to keep the house heated.
This not only increases your carbon output, but your heating bills too.
The design stage is the right time to be thinking about how you will insulate your house, and how to incorporate this into the planning.
Cavity wall insulation
Super-insulated houses across Europe and the US have wall insulation of over 300mm thick. The UK standard requires just 90mm, but for a greater efficiency, thicker is better. Include space for this in your designs.
Loft insulation
Heat rises through ceilings so loft insulation has an enormous effect on heat. Your insulation should be at least 200mm thick, otherwise 25% of the heat you have paid for will be lost*.
Under floor heating
Another way to keep the heat in is to include under floor heating into your designs. The heat conducting plastic is just 1mm thick and self regulates to 28Ëš. It can go under wood, carpet, laminate, and tile.
Sustainable Insulation
Your choice of insulation and heating can also make a difference to the environment. By using sustainable products, you will not only be saving heat energy in your home, but also reducing carbon emissions during the production of the insulation.
Recycled newspaper, sheep’s wool and recycled plastic bottles are all sustainable and effective means of insulation.
*taken from http://www.greenconsumerguide.com
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