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Sami Grover

By Sami Grover
Chapel Hill, NC, USA | Fri Nov 07 12:31:00 EST 2008

How to Go Green: Rental Properties


Greening your home is one of the most important steps you can take towards living a greener life, yet so much of the advice on sustainable homes is written with the home-owner in mind. What about those of us who rent? Installing insulation, erecting solar panels, or replacing our windows is almost certainly not an option. So what can we still do to lessen our impact?

Fortunately, even while renting, we've got more control over our living environment than we may think. Whether we're changing out our light bulbs, applying weather stripping, painting with low VOC paints, or growing salads and herbs on our windowsill, every little effort we make takes us a step closer to sustainability. And who knows, by keeping good relations with our landlord or lady, we might even persuade them to insulate that loft after all.

 
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