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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

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Choosing reclaimed wood reduces the fossil fuel use and pollution that comes from clearing and processing trees into lumber. Smart Gravel is three times lighter than mineral stone, has ten times better thermal and acoustic insulation properties, is long-lasting and proven to not break down into toxic leachate or microplastic particles.

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Carbon Accounting: How To Lower Your Carbon Footprint

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5: Optimize your heating and cooling systems. High-efficiency, A-rated boilers can convert up to 92% of consumer energy into usable heat, wasting only 8% of the energy obtained from the combustion of fossil fuels. Extracting and transporting these fuels releases tonnes of GHG emissions. 6: Reduce, reuse and recycle.

Carbon 78
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Carbon Accounting: How To Lower Your Carbon Footprint

Green Business Bureau

5: Optimize your heating and cooling systems. High-efficiency, A-rated boilers can convert up to 92% of consumer energy into usable heat, wasting only 8% of the energy obtained from the combustion of fossil fuels. Extracting and transporting these fuels releases tonnes of GHG emissions. 6: Reduce, reuse and recycle.

Carbon 78