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Eco Friendly Structures: Singapore's leap to green living

By Mark Yasay

A sustainable lifestyle starts at your own home. Singapore is one of the many countries around the world that have prioritized the value of an eco-friendly lifestyle in recent years. Green home structures are Singapore’s best bets in its quest to successfully produce healthier lifestyles, everyday.

Durable Recycled Building Materials Go a Long Way

Help save mother earth by incorporating recycled building materials within your home’s structure. Light weight, yet durable rubber and polymer made roofing materials require minimal maintenance. These materials spare you the worry of having to conduct scheduled, elaborate maintenance runs in your home.

Composite Outdoor Structures Don’t Rot

Composite outdoor structures, such as ground wood fibers and resin, don’t rot and need repainting. These structures are pertinent in every home’s decking and railing interior constructions.

High Performance Windows Save Energy

High performance windows with minimal emissivity or low E glazings produce substantial amounts of ventilation energy in your home. As a result, they allow you to conserve usage of heating and cooling energy sources in the long run.

Appliances That Let You Save Water

Water saving appliances keep your home’s premises sustainable, while lowering your utility bills at the same time. These appliances are designed in such a way to minimize outflow of water levels in your home. Examples of these appliances include the energy star-rated dishwashers and front loading washing machines.

Insulated Panels Retain Heat, Naturally

Structural insulated panels retain heat within the premises of your home, naturally. Insulated panels also let you save thousands of bucks on occasional heater energy bills when the weather turns seasonally chilly in Singapore.

Tankless Water Heaters Let You Heat Water As Needed

Instead of warming water all day in a standing tank, tankless water heaters let you heat water as needed. This lowers the energy levels you consume when you heat water for your daily needs.

Sun Made Energy via Photovoltaic Panels

Sun made energy via photovoltaic panels minimize the need for unsustainable energy sources in your home. Get the electricity supply you need, the natural way, and start a greener life in no time.

Odor-Free Paint Coatings Keep Toxins Away

Odor free paint coatings shield your entire household from the harmful effects of toxic materials. Traditional paintings prone your family to acquiring high toxin exposures. So, when incorporating paint structures on your home’s finishes, remember to select sustainable paint coatings only.

Low-Impact Lawns Reduce Fertilizer Needs

Reduce the need for fertilizer supply in your home garden. Low-impact lawns let you do that without any hassle. Because the crops within these lawns are minimal, as compared to a traditional lawn, you’ll be able to control the amount of fertilizer you use 100%.

A Laptop Instead of a Personal Computer

If you have an office in your home, buy a laptop for it instead of a personal computer. A laptop consumes less energy compared to a personal computer. Laptop computers are relatively convenient to use as personal computers, if not, even better.

Install Your Fan on a Ceiling

A ceiling fan spreads air in substantial portions of your home. Install a fan on a ceiling to keep you feeling cool all day in your home- for less.

Easy to Use and Budget Friendly Programmable Thermostat

Easy to use, yet budget friendly thermostats are available at your favorite stores. Save more funds on energy bills in the long run, than the ordinary. A programmable thermostat spares you of having to manually adjust your thermostat’s functions constantly, too.

Implement Wind Power

Implement wind power in your home as an alternate source of energy from time to time. Rest assured that you’ll have this eco-friendly source of power to fall back on whenever there’s a need to minimize energy costs.

Be one of the leading influencers to advocate campaigns for sustainability in Singapore. Maintain the upkeep of an eco-friendly home environment, and you’ll be well on your way in achieving your goal to live an earth friendly lifestyle, one way or another.