Build Green
Living in a smaller home means less electricity or natural gas usage; it costs less to heat or cool a smaller space A small home uses about 7% of the energy that a traditional house does Moving to a small home can decrease a household’s ecological footprint by 45% Small homes emit an average of 2,000 pounds of greenhouse gasses each year; traditional homes emit 28,000 pounds Small homes use an average 914 kilowatt hours (kWh) each year while traditional homes use 12,773 kWh The ecological footprint of the average small home is 3.87 global hectares (gha); a traditional home’s footprint is 8.4 gha 85% of small homes operate at above-average energy efficiency
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