buying and renting an eco-friendly home starts with whatgreenhome.com

Whatgreenhome.com provides you with independent reviews of eco-friendly homes for sale and to rent at more than 100 developments and private properties in 29 countries worldwide, including the UK. To find your eco-home look to the right and click on one of the featured eco-homes, or choose a region that will reveal a map showing all the developments we have profiled, or enter the town where you are looking to buy in the search box. You can receive more information, including free inspection visits in many cases, by clicking on the Request Sales Details or Request Rental Details button within an eco-home’s profile and then completing the pop-up form.

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FOR RENT: holiday eco-homes

Climate change awareness means that more and more of us are either holidaying at home, or looking to rent a property abroad where our carbon footprint is as light as possible. Eco-homes available to rent on whatgreenhome.com are located near and far to reflect where you live in the world and where you want to holiday.
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Let your eco-home: contact us

green your own home

So you’ve decided you want to live a more eco-friendly way of life, but how do you go about it? How about harvesting rainwater, or producing hot water from solar power? You could even generate your own electricity so that you can live an independent ‘off-grid’ life. So let’s look at several eco-friendly options around your home that you can do with varying levels of cost, commitment and time.
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10 cold cures

10 quick remedies to keep the cold out and the heat in, bearing in mind: 25% heat escapes through the roof; 10% through windows; 15% through draughts; 15% into the ground and 35% through the walls...
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features

anatomy of a ‘zero-carbon’ home 9

An update from the construction site of the VELUX Model Home 2020 project. The Project aims to provide an example of sustainable homes that are practical, comfortable and appealing to the homeowner while remaining affordable and easily...
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blog

Making nano green energy a household name

Nano green energy sounds like something you would see on some future flick, but the future is now and these days we have something that would even make the Jetsons jealous. Nanotechnology holds a lot of promise with regard to revolutionising green...
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