Here are some great quick tips you can use to not only make some parts of your home green, but also very importantly save money and help maintain great health.

Look around your house and see if you have any plastic or various vinyl items that may be leaking vapors into your house. As your house heats up during the day, the warmer it gets the more chemicals can start dissolving into the air. It is a good idea to open windows when it gets hot to air out the house. This is a cheap way to not only cool the house and save money, but also help to ensure your breathing clean air. For the air, you can also have indoor plants to help purify the air and relax you.

Make sure that your appliances are energy efficient. Some older appliances can suck up a lot of power.

Paint the inside of your walls with a zero VOC paint. This is so important in keeping the air quality good in your house.

For your bathroom shower, purchase a low flow shower head. Some of these come with a cord that can pause, or stop switch which helps to ensure you waste less water.

This next step is a big money saver. During the day keep your thermostat set at 68°. When you go to bed, turn down the thermostat to 55°. You can set the thermostat to turn on 15 minutes before you wake in the morning to increase the temperature again. It is not necessary to have the house much warmer than 55° as you sleep since you have covers on the bed.

For your toilet in the bathroom you can get a double flush toilet. You can also purchase a low flow sink fixture. Or you can add a 2 liter bottle of water into your toilet tank. This means you'll waste a lot less water each time you flush the toilet. There is also something called a toilet top sink.

Make sense out of where you place your appliances in the kitchen. Don't put things such as a refrigerator or freezer in a hot area such as near an oven or stove. Don't put your stove near the coldest window, but instead put it further inside your kitchen where the heat can dissipate into the whole house.