Sustainability Tips for Kitchens and Baths

Sustainability Tips for Kitchens and Baths
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More ways to upgrade your kitchen and bathroom while downgrading your carbon footprint.

If you’re looking to build a new kitchen or bathroom, retrofit the one you have, or just learn more about sustainability for your next building, an abundance of innovations and technology are available to increase energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions during the manufacturing process, recycle materials and manage water use. 

Green Builder Media’s COGNITION Smart Data found that nearly half of buyers are already using efficient appliances, and more than one-fourth are likely to adopt induction cooking. Approximately one-third are likely to adopt or might adopt leak detection and water monitoring systems, greywater systems or hot water recycling. 

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Sustainable_Kitchens_and_Baths_Ebook-1 coverIn Green Builder Media’s “Sustainable Kitchens and Baths: Updating the Most Used Spaces in your Home for Smarter, Healthier, Greener Living” eBook, builders, manufacturers, architects, designers and consumers can find inspiration about how to optimize water use, improve performance, recycle construction waste and other materials, and reach new heights of energy efficiency.

Topics covered include: 

  • Insights into how builders and manufacturers reuse a variety of materials that might once have gone into a landfill to create beautiful products for kitchens and baths.
  • How to remodel a kitchen from awkward to awesome even in a difficult floor plan. 
  • Induction ignited: find out why induction cooktops are one of the fastest growing home appliance categories.
  • Cabinets and indoor air quality: learn more about the type of cabinets and finishes to choose for a healthier home.
  • Appliance upgrades that surpass Energy Star for high performance kitchens.
  • Water management: the next frontier to protect your home, conserve water and possibly lower your insurance costs.
  • Homeowner tips: even more ways to squeeze efficiency out of your kitchen.

Download the Sustainable Kitchen and Bath eBook here to get the insights you need for these important spaces.