Many students using our footprint calculator said that they could not pledge to reduce their home footprints because they were not making the decisions for the household. Here is your chance to design your own sustainable virtual household!
If you had your own home, what would you do to make it more energy efficient? Where would you get your electricity from? Where would your house be? Would you live near to your school or work or local transit options? Where would you get your food from?
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Home Insulation Reduces Carbon Footprint
This is often an overlooked topic because it's a silent worker, but foam insulation is very important when it comes to decreasing your carbon footprint. Foam insulation can reduce the amount of carbon produced by 13%. This insulation helps keep the outside air out and the inside air in. It fills hard to reach places where in fiberglass insulation, air can still slip in between cracks. Foam insulation also saves 40% of heating and cooling costs. I know this is very hard to replace because that means practically redoing your whole house, but if you are ever majorly remodeling, moving, or building a new home, consider foam insulation to make the planet better!
I never really thought foam insulation having anything to do with your carbon footprint. I can see where it would be highly overlooked. I can also see where this would be a highly significant problem in our country today. Almost all homes have insulation along with many other things. I didn't know there were different types of insulation but I can see how that makes sense as the different type determines how much it hurts your environment.