Comments for My Green Home by GBCSA http://mygreenhome.org.za My Green Home Project by the Green Building Council South Africa Thu, 17 Jul 2014 07:20:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.29 Comment on ‘My Green Selfie’ Lucky Draw by mr min http://mygreenhome.org.za/competition/my-green-selfie-lucky-draw/#comment-29 Thu, 17 Jul 2014 07:20:04 +0000 http://mygreenhome.org.za/?post_type=competition&p=727#comment-29 A national past time.. The Braai…is a great way for us to save plenty energy also. We prepare all the meat and veggies on the grill and for the other dishes we use fresh ingredients. No electricity is used to prepare the meal .
We only use alien invader species wood so this also contributes towards caring for our environment.

]]> Comment on ‘My Green Selfie’ Lucky Draw by gbcsa editor http://mygreenhome.org.za/competition/my-green-selfie-lucky-draw/#comment-28 Mon, 14 Jul 2014 09:41:38 +0000 http://mygreenhome.org.za/?post_type=competition&p=727#comment-28 Hi

Please have a look at the GBCSA site for a list of Green Star SA Accredited Professionals. You can search by region and profession. Always recommend that they ask for evidence of prior experience on projects of a similar nature and ask for references from previous clients.

https://www.gbcsa.org.za/network/directories/accredited-professionals/

]]> Comment on ‘My Green Selfie’ Lucky Draw by BoitumeloS http://mygreenhome.org.za/competition/my-green-selfie-lucky-draw/#comment-27 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 10:34:36 +0000 http://mygreenhome.org.za/?post_type=competition&p=727#comment-27 I am struggling to get an architect who specialize with green buildings , I want to renovate my mom ‘s house and i need expert assistance in greening the renovation project .

]]> Comment on ‘My Green Selfie’ Lucky Draw by mr min http://mygreenhome.org.za/competition/my-green-selfie-lucky-draw/#comment-25 Sat, 21 Jun 2014 12:09:22 +0000 http://mygreenhome.org.za/?post_type=competition&p=727#comment-25 We stay on a farm in a rural area and do not have municipal services to collect our recyclables. We have to travel to into town to deposit our bags. I find that after reducing, reusing and recycling my non recyclable bag is so small that we only have to travel into town approx. once every 3 weeks to offload at the municipal waste collection centre.

]]> Comment on Hot water by Megan http://mygreenhome.org.za/webisode/hot-water/#comment-24 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 21:01:37 +0000 http://gbcsadev.native.co.za/?post_type=webisode&p=96#comment-24 Love this episode. You’ve given me so good ideas. More links from the products they’ve used would be v handy.
Thanks!

]]> Comment on ‘My Green Selfie’ Lucky Draw by mr min http://mygreenhome.org.za/competition/my-green-selfie-lucky-draw/#comment-23 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 08:56:16 +0000 http://mygreenhome.org.za/?post_type=competition&p=727#comment-23 We often don’t realise what a remarkable amount of sun (and warmth) comes through our windows and heats our homes during winter.
We hope to start designing and building our own home soon. There is now so much information available to really make it an economical custom design with all the eco friendly benefits for all seasons.

]]> Comment on Heating & Cooling by mr min http://mygreenhome.org.za/webisode/heating-cooling/#comment-22 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 10:03:41 +0000 http://gbcsa.localhost/?post_type=webisode&p=196#comment-22 The best part of saving electricity and changing old heating habits is that it is so easy to do. All that is required is a change in mindset

]]> Comment on Meet the Family by Making our ‘edible’ city grow | Cape Town Partnership http://mygreenhome.org.za/webisode/meet-the-family/#comment-20 Wed, 28 May 2014 08:04:23 +0000 http://gbcsa.localhost/?post_type=webisode&p=121#comment-20 In the past few months, through my family’s participation in the “My Green Home” challenge, I’ve become much more aware of the true cost of convenience when it comes to the carbon footprint of most store-bought food – and of asking myself, “how far has the food on my plate travelled?” Whereas in the past I would not have paid much attention to the product origin labels on food, I now scrutinise them and, wherever possible, try to buy local. (Unless, of course, I can grow it myself.) http://leadsa.co.za/?p=19909

]]> Comment on ‘My Green Selfie’ Lucky Draw by Grace http://mygreenhome.org.za/competition/my-green-selfie-lucky-draw/#comment-18 Thu, 22 May 2014 19:45:58 +0000 http://mygreenhome.org.za/?post_type=competition&p=727#comment-18 I did the bucket test and was surprised that my shower uses 12,5 litres per minute. This is more than what I anticipated! I will have to make a plan to get a HansGrohe eco shower head which is just 6 litres per minute.

]]> Comment on Resources by Grace http://mygreenhome.org.za/resources/#comment-17 Thu, 22 May 2014 19:36:20 +0000 http://gbcsadev.native.co.za/?page_id=9#comment-17 My number is 23 (-;

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