Are you purchasing a home in Florida, or already a resident who is interested in reducing your carbon footprint? Florida provides a perfect climate (humid, hot, sunny, with occasional dumps of rain) to convert your Florida property into an eco-friendly one. HH Insurance, your local homeowners insurance Tampa provider is all about protecting our planet and going green so we are here with four ideas to convert and maximize the energy efficiency of your Florida home.
Grow Your Own Garden
Florida is known as the Sunshine State, and one of the most important components to growing a full and flourishing garden is sunshine. While the summer season may make gardening too exhausting for some, certain crops thrive in these conditions. When the weather starts to cool down, fall, winter, and spring seasons provide excellent weather to garden a variety of foods and flowers for your family to be well on their eco-friendly way.
Water Appropriately
Again, Florida is known as the Sunshine State, meaning that the grass in your yard can become parched quite quickly. Rather than watering your lawn during the heat of the day, the optimal time to water your grass is between the hours of 6-10 a.m. This will help avoid negative factors like wind and the intense heat of the midday sun while allowing the grass ample time to dry. If this time of day doesn’t work for you, watering from 4-7 p.m. is the next best. A great water resource to have around your home is a rain barrel. Place the barrel under a gutter or where your Florida home drains most of the water from the roof. A rain barrel can hold gallons of water for you to use to water your grass, your newly planted garden, and other vegetation around your home.
Reduce, Reuse, And Recycle
One of the easiest ways to decrease your Florida home’s carbon footprint with your homeowners insurance Tampa company, HH Insurance, is by being mindful of where your waste belongs. So much of our trash today is recyclable, yet landfills are reaching capacity, our oceans are being littered with trash, and our environment is being suffocated with harmful materials and toxins. Recycle eligible materials and compost biodegradable waste to guarantee that your trash is put to good use.
Soak Up the Sun
Optimize the eco tools of the Sunshine State by installing solar panels to power your home. By installing solar panels to your house, you can increase the value of your Tampa home and reduce the amount of money spent to power it. You may even qualify for some federal tax benefits by installing this eco-friendly technology. Solar panels reduce your Florida home’s carbon emission and increase its energy efficiency, which is a win-win situation for homeowners and homeowners insurance Tampa.
Homeowners Insurance Tampa with HH Insurance
By having insurance in place on your eco-friendly home, you can have some peace of mind knowing your investment is protected while you are busy protecting this planet. Contact us to know whether your eco-friendly Florida home is adequately insured!
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