Tips toward building an Eco-Friendly Kitchen

Eco-friendly habits come with a lot of advantages.

From saving on your electric bill to reducing your water and fuel usage, an eco-friendly household can live quite comfortably while reducing most of their monthly expenses. However, when it comes to going green within your kitchen, these benefits are especially apparent. A family’s, or even a personal kitchen is usually the space within a house that has the largest hub of activity on a daily basis. From telling your children stories while preparing breakfast, to swooning with your spouse on date night while preparing dinner, you (and/or your family) are bound to spend many hours within your kitchen. In addition, you will also be preparing food that will be eaten by either yourself, or your loved ones. As such, you’ll want to do this in the cleanest environment possible.

Also, heating based appliances such as your cooker or kettle have some of the largest energy consumptions within any house. Going green with your kitchen will mean purchasing energy-saving appliances that will save you thousands of dollars in electrical costs.

In this blog, we’ll explore what it takes to build an eco-friendly kitchen.

Resources and requirements

Most people may want to build an eco-friendly kitchen. However, they will then begin to wonder if such a feat is within their budget. It’s no secret that energy saving appliances and eco-friendly construction materials rarely come cheap. Be that as it may, it is very possible to build an affordable eco-friendly kitchen.

Firstly, before you begin calling your contactor, it is very important to understand exactly what is required to build an eco-friendly kitchen. Once you’ve done this, you’ll be able to draft up a budget plan that fits for your specific financial circumstances. Below, we will list some of the things you must factor into your budget, when you’re planning to build an eco-friendly kitchen:

A water filtration system

Eco friendly paints with Low levels of VOCs

Renewable or second hand materials for tiles and benchtops (e.g. laminated wood strips or paper and resin benchtops)

Energy saving appliances

A good ventilation system (e.g. range hood)

Choosing materials

Next up, it’s important to choose the right materials. After this, the final step is to hire a worthy contractor and get to work. When choosing materials, there are a few things you must consider:

Makeup: Is the material made up of a renewable substance?

Mileage: How far has the material travelled to get to you, and by what mode of transport? (local materials are always best)

Durability: Is the material a good quality substance that will last you for a long time?

Recycle: After you’ve used it in your house, can the material be recycled.

At Renovation D, we strongly believe in building the kitchens of tomorrow. As such, we have a full catalogue of eco-friendly materials and kitchen necessities that will fit perfectly within your green kitchen. Simply visit our website, or click HERE to view all of our products.