Green Ideas

Everyone can make a difference in improving and protecting the environment. AJ Danboise is working for our communities, our businesses, our neighbors and for the environment to save you energy and energy dollars while providing you and your family the ultimate in home comfort all year long.

At AJ Danboise Green means safe, healthy homes and the peace of mind knowing your heating and cooling system is the most efficient available and will help protect our environment by using fewer resources. We are committed to finding new plumbing, electrical, HVAC products and technology that are energy efficient and environmentally friendly.

We have also established procedures to recycle, reuse and dispose of business waste and old, inefficient heating and cooling systems in environmentally sound and legal means.

We've assembled some information and tips on how you can help keep your home, your community and the planet healthy and green.



Saving Water

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Put a plastic bottle in your toilet tank. Did you know each time your toilet is flushed, it uses five to seven gallons of water? In five minutes, you can save one or two gallons per flush! A small plastic juice bottle or laundry soap bottle works well. Soak off the label, fill the bottle with water, put on the cap, and place it in the tank. Be careful that the bottle doesn't interfere with the flushing mechanism.

The availability of clean water is one of the central issues of our time, and we all need to do our part to use this resource wisely. Saving water is simple. Try:

  • Turning the water off while brushing your teeth, washing your hands, and washing dishes
  • Taking shorter showers (you will save water and energy to heat it, reducing your carbon dioxide emissions)
  • Getting a low-flow shower head
  • Doing only full loads of laundry and dishes
  • If your washing machine has a setting for the amount of clothing you're washing (small to extra-large load), choose a low setting—you'll use less water and your clothes will get just as clean
  • If your dishwasher has an option to run a "full" or "short" cycle, choose the short cycle
  • Watering your lawn only in the morning or evening. (Water evaporates four to eight times faster during the heat of the day.)
  • If you really want to reduce the water needed to maintain your yard, consider xeriscaping—a landscaping technique that uses native, drought-tolerant plants in favor of ever-thirsty grass
  • Install a rain barrel to capture rain from your downspout
  • Washing your car less often
  • Fixing all of the leaks in your home
  • Avoiding bottled water and instead using a reusable water bottle. It takes millions of gallons of water to produce the plastic for single-use water bottles, and millions more to purify the water that goes into them
 
Protecting Yourself and Your Family From Radon PDF Print E-mail

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Radon levels can soar during the colder months when residents keep windows closed and spend more time indoors. As many as 22,000 people die from lung cancer each year in the United States from exposure to indoor radon.

The EPA Administrator urges Americans to heed January as National Radon Action Month by testing their homes for one of the leading causes of lung cancer in the country, indoor radon gas. Approximately one home in 15 across the nation has unacceptably high radon levels; in some areas of the country, as many as one out of two homes has high levels.

EPA Recommends:

  • Test your home for radon -- it's easy and inexpensive.
  • Fix your home if your radon level is 4 picoCuries per liter (pCi/L) or higher.
  • Radon levels less than 4 pCi/L still pose a risk, and in many cases may be reduced.
  • Read EPA's "Citizen's Guide to Radon: The Guide to Protecting Yourself and Your Family From Radon."

Source: Environmental Protection Agency

 
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