With each passing year, it seems as though homeowners are becoming more environmentally savvy than ever, and eco-friendly home improvements continue to grow in popularity. The garage door is often an overlooked area. Not only does an eco-friendly garage door reduce the carbon footprint of your home, but also is environmentally and economically beneficial in other ways, such as through energy savings or reduction of greenhouse gas emissions resulting from sustainable materials.
We at Affordable Garage Door Repair want to be able to help you, the homeowner make smarter more efficient green choices. Visit The Natural Home to learn more about the environmental benefits of an eco-friendly garage door and tips will also improve your home environment.
This type of garage door offers a green piece of aesthetic while being able to provide modern-day fit-in for energy efficiency. It typically features:
Eco-Friendly Materials:
Recycled and/or responsibly sourced materials (like reclaimed wood, recycled steel)
Sturdy build:
Everlasting materials that require minimal repairs or replacements.
Low VOC Finishes:
Paint or coatings that contain a reduced amount of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) when compared to traditional paints, which helps reduce the formation of ground-level air pollution.
All of these features provide benefits from an environmental standpoint too, and can further improve the performance as well as the life span of your door.
Energy Efficiency One of the most amazing environmental benefits your new eco-friendly garage door provides over an older model is energy efficiency. Insulation — if your garage attaches to the house, those adjacent walls provide some warmth/cooling; and proper insulation in a good-quality door will help reduce energy costs for HVAC use of adjoining rooms.
Why Energy-Efficient Garage Doors Conserve Energy:
Insulation With High R-Values — prevent heat transfer and help to keep your garage cooler in summer, and warmer in winter. Ashland Amedicore® provides an R14 or 31, which is up to three times more insulation than other competition-capped models on the market today including foam-in-place un-capped options with fiberglass capping – at higher price points!
Caulk and Weather-stripping:
Air-seals walls from drafts, which means less need for heating or air conditioning.
Environmental Impact:
Saving energy is saving the planet- lower your carbon footprint and live in a more environmentally friendly home.
Sustainable garage doors usually include the following: recycled, reclaimed, and sustainably harvested materials.
Sustainable Materials Examples
1.Reclaimed Wood:
Reduces cut down of forest for new doors by using old wood to make new doors.
2.Recycled Steel or Aluminum:
This Reduces energy use and emissions as less new metal must be produced.
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Solid Fiberglass and Composite Material Doors Lighter weight, longer lasting alternative to wood or metal doors.
4.Environmental Cost:
By choosing a door made of sustainable materials, you will be saving natural resources and preventing waste.
The life expectancy of an environmentally friendly garage door is much longer, which means that fewer visits for repairs and replacement are necessary. Long-lasting doors avoid the need to use whole new resources, reducing waste.
Garage doors often use traditional paints and coatings that contain volatile organic compounds (VOCs) releasing toxic chemicals into the air, which contributes to poor outdoor air quality. Carbon Clean: These eco-friendly doors are made from low-VOC paints which enhances the quality of air not only indoors but outdoors as well.
Environmental Impact: Cutting down on VOC emissions is a small step toward cleaner air and better health for your family, but also the community.
A great number of eco-friendly garage doors are made for recycling. When the door eventually meets its end of life, it can be recycled as opposed to making a one-way trip to a landfill in either steel, aluminum (heaven forbid), or fiberglass.
Environmental footprint:
recycling saves resources and prevents waste, fostering a circular economy.
Eco-friendly Garage Doors Now it sounds rather good, but aside from getting the eco stamp of approval what are the benefits to me? These include:
Thermal Insulation:
By preventing heat transfers, insulated doors work together with your HVAC system to keep the temperature and save costs for you.
Less Maintenance:
Because of the strong nature that metal roofs were constructed, you can say for sure there are a lot fewer renovations to cause.
Increased Home Value:
Some eco-friendly upgrades can drive up market value, like garage doors that attract the kind of environmentalist buyers who will pay you a premium.
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R-value: The higher the R-value, the better the door is insulating your place, and benefits you with more energy savings.
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Build with Recycled or Reclaimed Doors:?>& Sustainable Materials
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Low VOC Coatings: Make certain the doorway is completed with paints or seals that are non-toxic.
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Energy-Efficient Certifications: Seek out garage door units with Energy Star certification for peace of mind performance.
We have various types of eco-friendly garage doors to choose from here at Affordable Garage Door Repair. We have experts who could help you identify which door can best suit your home and do a professional installation.
Protecting the environment while still getting energy savings and protecting home value is an intelligent move to make by every homeowner, this is why it makes more sense to have eco-friendly garage doors. Available in sustainable materials and energy-efficient insulation, they have environmental and cost-saving advantages.
Our company Affordable Garage Door Repair will help homeowners go green with high-quality, environmentally friendly garage doors. Call us today to find out more about our range of environmentally friendly garage doors and how we can make your house a greener place that is well insulated against the expensive energy failing through its seams.