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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My family footprint
My family's home energy usage is higher than it should be, probably in part due to our ancient and inefficient boiler. I hope we can look into and start using more clean forms of energy, like installing solar panels.
I had never even thought about how my boiler may be contributing to climate change or if its inefficient. I wonder if there is a zero emission boiler or maybe I should also look into getting solar panels. Thank you for making me think about something I previously wouldn't have!
I feel similarly to you both, not because I have an ancient and/or inefficient boiler, but because I too was made aware of the great amount of energy my family is responsible for wasting. For example simple tasks like turning off the television instead of pausing the tv, or turning off a light before I leave a room. Thanks for also helping me become more aware!