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.

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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at home in the 21st century

There are many contributing factors to climate change and one large contributor is the energy used in our homes to produce heating and water, which currently accounts for 13 per cent of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. With the constant clamour by politicians for more homes to be built in the UK (and the planned new developments over the coming years), without action, emissions...
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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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a perfect 10

Households in the UK account for 27 per cent of the total CO2 emissions made, costing you money and the planet irreversible damage. But it doesn’t have to be that way. There are many eco-friendly products to...
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solar power

A new breakthrough could allow sunshine to become one of the most important sources of clean renewable energy to replace such things as gas and electric power more commonly used in the UK...
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energy saving tips

People tend to think that saving the environment is an altogether insurmountable task due to the sheer size of the planet and the calamity that has befallen it. This is foolish...
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eco-homes from £35,000

The economic downturn is impacting on all sectors but the housing market in the UK and overseas is one of the worst affected. But there are some very well priced properties for sale out there that have the added...
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energy efficiency begins at home

The findings of a comprehensive survey by Halifax Estate Agents reveals that two out of five homes in England and Wales (44%) rate ‘average’ for energy efficiency, falling into B and D of the Energy...
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architect's impression of a villa at AlmaVerde

a green pioneer

Energy prices concern us all as they impact on how much we pay for our gas and electricity – even in hot Mediterranean countries where cooling and not heating is generally required. At...
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