An “old” house in the Upstate is giving us some “new” ideas about saving the environment. In this week’s edition of Go Green/Save Green, we show you that a little renovation can go a long way to saving you some money.
If you are walking through the streets of downtown Greenville, you may not know that this yellow house is actually green. We're going to step inside and find out how they Go Green and Save Green.
“The greenest building is the one already built,” says Brad Wyche, the founder and director of Upstate Forever. “As you can see, we don't have any lights on and there's plenty of natural light coming in through the windows.”
This renovated early 20th century house is fully sustainable...using green technology to save money and help the environment.
“It's a model that we want to be able to show people in the Upstate real live examples of how green features look and work and the benefits they have,” explains Wyche.
Another cool feature of the Upstate Forever house are these sun tunnels, which basically takes the sun's light to light up the room so you don't have to flip the switch. Harvesting the sun's power with this little device that tells you exactly how much energy the sun is using to power this house.
Another easy way that you can save money and energy is by using spray foam insulation, like the Upstate Forever house. That can cut your energy costs by 30 to 50 percent. “Everybody at some point and time is going to some repair work, some renovation work,” states Wyche.
If you would like to see the Upstate Forever house in person, email us {encode="gogreen@wspa.com" title="here"} and we will send you in the right direction to get a tour.
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