Environment friendly cost effective products to add new life to your homes

 Being conscious towards the environment has long been emphasised but seldom has it been put into effect. With the pandemic raging across the world, our thinking has been coerced into switching lanes and caring about more than just ourselves. While preserving the environment is a task assigned to all of us, it is one’s sole efforts that create the first dent and begin the process of adopting change. As an expert developer and a pioneer of better times to come, DLF properties in Gurugram have always reminded their residents to be active towards preserving the environment. 

This includes awareness drives, campaigns that focus on customer engagement and a lifestyle curated in every housing society that encourages the residents. It ultimately falls on the shoulders of all individuals to adopt sustainable practices. These include opting for chemical free paints, reducing dependence on plastic containers/bags and to some extent segregating waste in the house. DLF housing comes built with non-toxic and safe raw materials that can sustain healthy functioning of households. 

A common misconception is that switching to eco-friendly materials often costs a huge amount of money. Making miniscule changes throughout the house can significantly impact lifestyle while reducing the cost for each change. 

Here are some simple ways that can get your journey to sustainability started: 

1. Add plants, not just furniture: 

The benefits of adding plants to your house are understated and under rated. Not only do they add aesthetic appeal to your home but they liven up those areas, leasing new life. Depending on which plants one chooses and where they are added, the benefits one can extract from them will inherently vary. Plants play a vital role in reducing the number of toxins that are present inside the house. This extends to purifying the air and certain plants like the ZZ plant or the Snake plant. To some extent, it counteracts the germs and gives fresh air to an otherwise enclosed and recirculated space. Another benefit is that indoor plants help control the humidity inside the house during the hot days of summer. 

DLF Magnolias and DLF Capital Greens offer lush greens for their residents in the housing society as well as room to accommodate them in their apartments. 

2. Opting for used materials/items: 

Most of us are used to buying brand new items for our homes/ our lives. We prefer having something fresh out of the store as opposed to something that has been used before by someone else. This concept applies not only to appliances, cars and furniture but across all goods that we make use of on a daily basis. It is not that second hand materials do not work as well or are below par but most have a mindset to use and discard items once they have been made use of. Not only are second hand products relatively cheap to own and maintain but they give new life to the products that may have been previously unrecognised. It is a common culture that has long been implemented abroad but somehow has failed to establish a foothold in the Indian markets. Since retailers recognise the enormous potential of used items, apps such as OLX, Ebay and Facebook marketplace have made this buying/selling a seamless process. No longer does one have to hunt down suitable products for these apps have rendered the digital buying journey extremely easy. 

3. Use energy/cost effective lighting: 

A grand chandelier does look extremely appealing to anyone who glances at it. Although most DLF properties in Gurugram come equipped with such fixtures, they are not always the most efficient. At such times, the owners are expected to take matters into their own hands and re-invent their space with lights that provide the same light with little energy being used up. Breaking away from such chandeliers and tubelights, one should make the switch to LEDs or CFLs that are truly game changers. These lights (CFLs/LEDs) offer soft lighting that has a longer duration and consumes less power. To increase the savings that one can extract from such lights, it is preferable to switch them off during the night and when not needed. Alternating between the use of multiple lights increases their shelf life with less strain being focused on any one light fixture. DLF Magnolias sets a distinct benchmark for extravagant light fixtures that cater to luxury as well as cost effective lighting. 

Although these are some of the recommended ways of redefining indoor lighting, any effort in this direction ought to change the landscape drastically. Our outlook should change from extravagant living to minimal living that reduces our overall impact on the environment. With new technology prompting significant changes in the housing market, all one needs to do is look out for the next path breaking invention. After all, it is an ever changing, constantly evolving world that we live in.