Turning Your Kitchen into Green Effeciency

Good Folks, many of us live in Orange County, not the most liberal place in the world. HOWEVER, as Californians, we are always looking for ways to go green, and I would beat that many of our neighbors, with President Reagan pictures in their home, probably took a peek at Al Gore's, An Inconvenient Truth. Regardless of where you fall on the issue, there were some compelling arguments being presented. So what are some of the ways that we behind the Orange Curtain can get our kitchens a bit greener? The New York Daily News, offers a feature into a Long Island woman took the steps to turn her entire house, a lean green housing machine.

If you plan to remodel a bathroom, consider installing an energy-efficient tankless water heater, which can save the average homeowner $40 to $100 a year; a high-efficiency showerhead, which can trim the annual water bill by about $15, and a high-efficiency toilet, which can save more than $90 a year in water use. An Energy Star-rated bathroom exhaust fan will save homeowners an average $120 over the product's 10-year life, and a high-efficiency water faucet will save about $60 over the product's 20-year average life. Full Story