If a home renovation is on your agenda, consider a few improvements that will make your home more energy-efficient and sustainable. A few updates can improve the impact your home has on the environment, and your bank account. Sustainable homes can go a long way into saving money on bills.

Insulation

Whether adding an addition to your home or renovating a room, the insulation used impacts the energy efficiency of a building. Updated spray foam solutions for insulation may be the best bet for efficiency. Regarding performance, spray foam insulation is substantially more effective than standard fiberglass insulation. Spray foam insulation can also have a lifespan of more than four times that of fiberglass.

Windows

Certainly, when installing new windows opt for an energy-efficient option. If your windows do not need to be replaced, a more cost-effective solution is to guard against air leaks by ensuring windows have proper weather-stripping. …

Ponds, streams, fountains and koi ponds: You’ve seen them at hotels, public venues and perhaps even at someone’s home. The clear water is beautiful and relaxing. You’ve decided that you want that for your home. You plan and build, then finally, you have the water feature you wanted. However, it looks cloudy and brown or green, not at all the look you were hoping to achieve. What went wrong? The key to clear water: lake aeration.

What Makes the Water Murky?

Water naturally contains minerals that may affect the clarity of the water. Soil and plants can also color the water feature. As plants decompose, they produce phosphates. Those particles of minerals, soil, and plants become suspended in the water, creating that cloudy, murky appearance. Algae occur naturally in all water and are not necessarily harmful. However, increased levels of phosphate can lead to an overgrowth, known as algae …

Overexertion is a massive risk for warehouse management. According to the NSC, over 35,000 overexertion injurieshappened in warehouses in 2014. Overexertion costs thousands of lost work hours. The good news is overexertion is a preventable cost. There are a few simple tools and processes that you can use to minimize this risk and maximize uptime.

Equipment

Every job benefits from the proper equipment. Warehouse management is no exception. Depending on the flow of your particular inventory space, a variety of important pieces of equipment should be considered. For example, if you manage delicate equipment — such as electronics or sensitive but heavy components — you might consider suspension casters as an option to reduce both over-exertion and damaged inventory risks. Hand-trucks, forklifts, and other similar machines are equally important.

Back Belts

A controversial piece of equipment is the back brace. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) …

As a homeowner, it is up to you to ensure the house stays up to code at all times. When you allow it to fall into disrepair, you risk being fined by the city or county code enforcement board. These fines can be expensive and difficult to pay if you have limited financial resources.

Rather than allow your home to deteriorate in condition, you can keep it in the best shape possible by hiring professional work crews to fix it up for you. By hiring general handymen, painters, and roofing contractors brevard county florida hoemowners like you can get your place back up to code and look forward to a higher appraisal value the next time the county inspects your property.

Fast Yet Skillful Workers

The local code enforcement agency may not give you a lot of time to get the roofing work done on your house. After you receive …

Having an eye for design can get you far, but just like any other artistic field out there, you may not yet have a full grasp on what type of interior design suits your personality best. While it may make some people uncomfortable by placing themselves into a category, being able to recognize what aesthetic works best with you shouldn’t be seen as a limiting thing. Instead, it can be liberating to know that you specialize in something, while still keeping yourself open to exploring and experimenting in other areas of design as your career grows.

Modern Design

Possibly one of the most popular and common types of interior designs being implemented today. There are many sub-categories that fit into modern design, but it’s most common theme includes geometric shapes playing off of each other through the furniture and decor, clean lines, and repeating patterns and complementary colors.

The color …