South Bay Homes and Real Estate

Turning your Rancho Palos Verdes Home into a “Green” home is incredibly easy! Here are a few suggestions from the real estate experts at Rocky Rockwood!

Environmentalism is certainly the hot issue right now and many Rancho Palos Verdes home owners are getting in on the act and turning their homes “green.” There is more to going green than simply recycling a soda can or two, but it isn’t nearly as complicated or expensive as many people will lead you to believe.

Turning your Rancho Palos Verdes Home into a Green home doesn’t have to be about installing solar panels or expensive cells, though if you have the budget for that sort of thing, then it can certainly save you quite a bit of money. If you aren’t able to afford these options however, here are a few easy tips to help you reduce your carbon footprint:

1. Unplug any appliances when you are not using them. For entertainment systems, plug everything into a central surge protector and then unplug the surge protector when you are not using the system. Electricity flows through an outlet whenever anything is plugged into it, whether not that thing is turned on. Unplugging cuts of the electricity flow, which can drastically reduce your Rancho Palos Verdes home’s electricity bill.

2. Switch your light bulbs to more energy efficient bulbs like fluorescent bulbs and compact bulbs. Compact and fluorescent bulb manufacturers are increasing their bulb varieties and almost all of them are compatible with the “regular” light bulb connections in your Rancho Palos Verdes Home.

3. Weatherproof your home with weather-stripping on your doors and using energy efficient panes in your windows. This will help you regulate your Rancho Palos Verdes home’s temperature and you won’t be as tempted to kick the heat or the air conditioning up a notch or two to “get it started.”

These are just three hints for helping your Rancho Palos Verdes home go green. For more money saving tips, call the real estate experts at Rocky Rockwood! 310-809-0203 or Ryanrockwood@kw.com.

The South Bay is a region just south of the City of Los Angeles that encompasses the smaller regional areas Beach Cities and the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Torrance is a large enough city that it is usually not included in these subcategories of the South Bay.