There is no denying the summer heat is here. It is bad enough when you have to go through the stifling heat when you are outside-but if you are suffering from the heat when you are inside as well, it’s time to make some changes. Take a look at these fifteen energy efficient ways to stay cool in the summer. You can make your home green and cool at the same time. Be comfortable and help the environment by incorporating these ideas into your home.

Constantly improving technology impacts every part of lives these days. High tech improvements are changing everything from the cars we drive to our very own health and well-being. Naturally, it should come as no surprise that technology is also helping us improve our homes too. Here are 13 notable up and coming home improvement technology trends sure to impact the home improvement industry…

The trend is clear-more and more homeowners are transitioning to a greener, more eco-friendly way of creating and maintaining beautiful landscapes. The benefits of making your landscape greener than ever this spring reach far beyond the positive environmental impact alone. In fact, going organic in your landscaping and lawn can even save money while providing a better looking outdoor space than ever before. Here are 10 remarkably easy and effective ways to make your landscape greener than ever this spring.

It’s no big secret that going green is all the rage these days-in fact, being eco-friendly is more popular and well accepted now than ever before in history. The thing is, going green is not only a respectable thing to do for the environment, but also for our own personal pocketbooks too. Here are 51 realistic ways homeowners can go green and save some serious money immediately…

1. Have a new energy efficient HVAC system installed. While the initial financial outlay can be up to several thousand dollars, the energy savings will pay for themselves several times over during the lifespan of the system.

Going green before spring is one of the best possible things you could do this year for your home, for the environment, and for the all important pocketbook. Here are a few great green project ideas to think about…

Why Not Recycle Grey Water?

You’ll need to ask your plumber first about code requirements, but most locales will permit homeowners to convert their grey water-such as the used water from your washing machine-into a valuable renewable resource. Just this one source of used water can add up to hundreds of gallons a year in the average household that would normally go right down the drain, but instead, could be perfectly used for outdoor watering (plants don’t mind the leftover suds at all). Depending on the position of your grey water source and the external water storage tank that’ll be required, a knowledgeable plumbing professional can probably have such a system set up for you in just a day.