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Step 73Environmental Friendly Home Colors

Environmental Friendly Home Colors
Paint your home with climate friendly colors. The color of your home can have a large affect on the cost to heat and cool your home.

Light colors reflect the sun's rays, while dark colors absorb them. For cold climates, paint with dark colors, and hot climates, use light colors.
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Sep 11, 2009. 12:18 PMfwater says:
Unless, of course, you house is a rare insulated one, where the insulation is a barrier between the inside and the outside. More information about insulation and how it works can be found on the internet.
Aug 11, 2010. 11:18 AMresago says:
unless your house was built by NASA, color MAKES A DIFFERENCE!

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