An eco-friendly or "green" house incorporates various attributes and technologies to reduce its environmental impact, such as using solar panels, driving an electric vehicle, composting, and installing water storage tanks, loft insulation, and energy efficient appliances. An even more advanced eco-friendly house may also include ground source heat pumps, rain water collection, heat recycling ventilation, multi-fuel burning stoves, triple glazed solar windows, wind turbines, and under-floor heating. The document discusses why individuals should embrace green lifestyles and considers which of two hypothetical houses may be more eco-friendly based on various attributes.

1. WHAT MAKES A HOUSE
“ECO-FRIENDLY” ?
Isaac Deonarine
Lara Hirschberg
Anna S. Holmes
Tia Hope
Tina Shen
Allysia Thomas
Mary Yeboah
Bryanna Young

2. WHY SHOULD I “GO GREEN” ?
 The truth is that everything single thing we do every day has
an impact on the planet -- good or bad.
 The good news is that as an individual, you have the power to
control most of your choices and, therefore, the impact you
create. From where you live to what you buy or eat, and use
to light your home to where and how you vacation, to how you
shop or vote, you can have global impact.
 Embracing a greener lifestyle isn't just about helping to
preserve equatorial rain forests, it can also mean improving
your health, reduce spending (especially in the long term),
and, ultimately, improving your overall quality of life. All that
and you can save furry animals, too.
 Why wouldn't anyone want to green?

3. THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR WE’VE SEEN PLENTY
OF DIAGRAMS OF WHAT “GREEN” HOUSE
LOOKS LIKE.

4. ATTRIBUTES OF AN ECO-FRIENDLY HOME
 Composter
 Recycling Bins
 Solar Panels
 Bike
 Electric Car
 Vegetable Garden
 Loft Insulation
 Water Storage Tank
 Shower (instead of a bath)
 Composting Toilet
 Energy Efficient Appliances

5. TO GET EVEN FANCIER…
An Eco-Friendly House May Include:
 Ground Source Heat Pump
 Air Source Heat Pump
 Energy Efficient Condensing Boiler
 Rain Water Collection
 Heat Recycling Ventilation
 Multi-fuel Burning Stove
 Triple Glazed Solar Windows
 Wind Turbine
 Under-floor Heating
 Combined Heat and Power Unit

6. SOME ECO-FRIENDLY HOUSES

7. WHOSE HOUSE IS MORE ECO-FRIENDLY ?
Tina Bryanna

8. IS TINA’S HOME ECO-FRIENDLY ?
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9. BIODIVERSIT
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BIODIVERSIT

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