Just some thoughts
Today, Tuesday April 8th, I was not able to go to the Center of Architecture with my partner Quinn because I was sick and absent from school. Sometime before the April 30th cut off date I will go back alone and post about it at after. The post I am making now is about how I can change my life at home from what I have learned about green architecture. I was talking to my dad about what we can do at home and I suggested a green roof on top of our garage. He said he will definitely take it under consideration but in the mean time he has purchased many plants he has put around out driveway. Also when I learned how buying rugs in squares is sustainable because if there is a stain you can replace the individual square instead of taking the whole rug out and putting it back in. In part of the research I have recently done for my expose has been about how to go green at home but also be green. According to the Cincinnati Post some handy tips of going green at home are* A two-stroke, gasoline-powered lawnmower releases as many hydrocarbons into the atmosphere in 30 minutes as a car does in 90 minutes. Switch to an electric mower, which costs $8 to $10 a year to operate. * An LCD flat panel TV uses as little as a third of the electricity of conventional tube-based models, saving you on your power bill the equivalent of leaving a 50-watt bulb on all year. * If you feel woozy after painting the bedroom with latex-based enamel, choose a product low in volatile organic compounds (VOCs) instead. New designer colors and improved quality make these safer paints equivalent to standard ones and they benefit your health as well as the planet’s. * Manufacturers of low-flow toilets use advanced computer modeling to deliver more flush power with less water, trimming around $90 from your annual water costs. * Like to linger in a hot shower? Stand under your shower guilt-free with a solar hot water system. A solar water heater cuts around 12 percent off the average household’s monthly electric bill. * Replacing old light bulbs with compact fluorescent ones can trim 5 percent from your monthly electricity bill. But this doesn’t mean you have to live beneath the ugly glow of low-end fluorescent bulbs. Go for the premium fluorescents that cast a pure white or buttery golden light across your interior. * Local recycling practices vary, but there are some universal no-nos. Don’t put plastic shopping bags, broken glass or food scraps in your bin. * Skip the pesticides and use nature’s method of bug-eradication: other animals. Install birdhouses to shelter feathered friends who dine on pesky beetles and grubs.