What kind of home could be considered ecological? Find out some essential features.

Contrary to popular belief, an ecological home doesn't mean only green plants, wooden finish and solar batteries. Modern technologies provide means for making an energy-saving and even wholly self-sustainable private home.

✔︎  During the construction, the residential energy efficiency takes into consideration. This kind of house needs lower watts input due to the design, landscape and topography of the plot of land, along with specific constructive technologies.

✔︎  For eco-home construction, only ecological materials and energy-saving technologies turn to practical account. Some devices can reduce excessive consumption in this home: low energy light bulbs, motion sensors, and rainwater reuse systems. Sometimes this home, also called 'active', can be provided with a solar generator or heat pump unit.

✔︎  Active home is safe, economically viable and equipped with modern conveniences infrastructure that minimizes natural environmental damage. A good example is a separate waste collection and well-arranged recycling.

✔︎  Eco-home reduces the human footprint. It doesn't make any sense if the house follows all environmental standards, but the owner has to drive 100 km every day to work and, as a consequence, increase the carbon emission.

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