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Benefits and Challenges

What can you expect with bio-homes?

Benefits

There are plenty of benefits to bio-home living, and you can look forward to these too.

  • ✾ Save more money long-term by reducing heat, water, and electricity bills
  • ✾ Reduce your carbon footprint and make the environment healthier by using cheaper materials that are more environment-friendly
  • ✾ Offers a healthier lifestyle by cutting out toxic materials that make it difficult to breathe and poison the environment when they decay
  • ✾ Reduces the strain put on local resources—such as energy and water—that are in high demand
  • ✾ Optimizes the use of materials through recycling of both building materials and the waste you create for composting

Challenges

A bio-home isn't exactly a simple thing, so here's what to expect to give you trouble.

  • ✾ A costly investment in the moment that takes time to return its worth
  • ✾ Getting licenses for building and placing your home that complies with standards
  • ✾ There are many permits necessary for building a home of your own, without including the renewable energy and alternate building materials
  • ✾ There are so many details and choices that come with designing an eco-home, and it can be overwhelming for someone who isn't prepared
  • ✾ Sustainable homes are meant to be lived in for a long time, meaning you're rooted in place if you want the best financial gain