Environment at home
Environment at home
It is important how we use the environment around us. In the past it has sometimes been more about abuse that use. We are now more aware of the environment around us, in several different ways.
- the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
- the natural world, as a whole or in a particular geographical area, especially as affected by human activity.
In this section, I look at not the wider environment around us nor climate change, but our home. Of course the wider environment impacts the local environment of our home, and the things we do within it, hopefully in an Environmentally Conscious manner. In and eco friendly and sustainable way.
Additional rainwater harvesting
The additional capacity is provided by two 800 litres water buts from Ecosure. The two water buts will be linked together to form a 1600 litres or 422 gal. storage. The rainwater does not need to be processed by the reed bed to make it useable, unlike the greywater. This arrangement will therefore reduce the electricity requirement to pump water from the reed bed to storage. Apart that is for any overflow water. The overflow from the new water butts will outfall onto David's old slide, repurposed into a water course, which will then flow into the reed bed.
Subcategories
Water Harvesting Article Count: 3
Water Harvesting
Home heating and insulation Article Count: 14
How to improve the home heating, domestic hot water, draft proofing and insulation in a stainable way to reduce our impact on the environment.
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Renewable energy Article Count: 1
The use of renewable energy at home to cut cost, reduce CO2 output, and to save the planet, one step at a time.
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