8 Environment Friendly Home Improvement Ideas"""

• Consider installing solar panels. Although solar heating has been used to warm homes for thousands of years, solar panels are totally modern and very green.

• Replace all the standard light bulbs in your home with compact fluorescent ones. 

•  Roof improvements. Believe it or not, research indicates that roof color and the type of material used can help to lower attic temperatures. Light colored tile roofs out perform the shingle ones when it comes to decreasing temperatures.

• Don't waste water. Check your home carefully for leaky faucets and get them repaired as quickly as possible. 

• Install low flow shower-heads.

• Clean out your air conditioner filters or replace them regularly.

• Install glass doors for your fireplace. Glass doors are safer than fireplace screens. They also reduce the amount of heat that escapes through the chimney from your home. 

• Use power strips for your home computers. Even after you turn off your computer, power continues to flow to peripherals like printers and scanners. Power strips prevent the energy from being wasted.