{"id":25410,"date":"2024-03-13T16:35:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T15:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/?p=25410"},"modified":"2024-03-13T16:36:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T15:36:31","slug":"20-best-ways-to-reduce-your-carbon-footprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/2024\/03\/13\/20-best-ways-to-reduce-your-carbon-footprint\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 20 ways to reduce your carbon footprint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below are the top twenty ways we can reduce our carbon footprint based on where the average household&#039;s carbon emissions come from.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Housing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Switch to renewables:<\/strong>\u00a0Switch to powering your home with renewable resources through:\n<ul class=\"indentul2\">\n<li>your help<\/li>\n<li>certified provider of renewable energy<\/li>\n<li>installation of solar panels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reduce energy consumption:<\/strong>\u00a0Quick steps:\n<ul class=\"indentul2\">\n<li>If you&#039;re moving, check your new area&#039;s walkability score to find neighborhoods that require less (or no) driving<\/li>\n<li>Focus mainly on purchasing efficient heating\/cooling, water heating and cooling<\/li>\n<li>Install a programmable (smart) thermostat<\/li>\n<li>Seal your heating and cooling ducts<\/li>\n<li>Add insulation and weatherstripping \u2013 especially for doors, windows, attic and attic doors<\/li>\n<li>Switch to LED bulbs<\/li>\n<li>In general, buy energy-efficient appliances<\/li>\n<li>Do an energy audit<\/li>\n<li>Turn off lights and electronics when not in use<\/li>\n<li>Unplug devices to prevent &quot;phantom&quot; or standby power consumption<\/li>\n<li>Set the thermostat a few degrees lower in the winter and higher in the summer to save a significant amount of energy<\/li>\n<li>Follow the regular maintenance of the equipment<\/li>\n<li>Buy energy-saving office equipment<\/li>\n<li>Shop human-powered vs. gas or electricity<\/li>\n<li>Minimize the use of fireplaces or wood stoves<\/li>\n<li>Wash the clothes in cold water and hang to dry<\/li>\n<li>Check lights, appliances and curtains every morning and evening and whenever you leave the house<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>(<em>More on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalstewards.org\/reduce-carbon-footprint.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">www.globalstewards.org<\/span><\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below are the top twenty ways we can reduce our carbon footprint based on where the average household&#039;s carbon emissions come from.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-znizovanie_co2_cdr_ccs_ccu_dac","category-uhlikova-stopa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25410\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}