Bamboo is an excellent material to have as flooring. It perfectly fits the space and gives great look to any place. Well choosing flooring completely depends upon what the homeowner wants. If you want to have a very softer surface then the best choice is to go for cork flooring. Cork is a very soft material which can give smoothest feelings to your feet. Bamboo is harder when compared to cork flooring. There is so much possibility for your cork flooring to get scratches which is less in case of bamboo flooring. Also cork flooring would be a wrong choice for kitchen and work area as they need to be sealed properly to have water proof environment. It gets easily affected by dirt and water. So better opt for bamboo flooring which is perfect in all cases.

Kitchen is the place where electricity is consumed most. The juicer-mixer, refrigerator, and other items used to cook consume substantial amount of electricity. If you want to go green, you better start from the kitchen itself. You may avoid use of electronic gadgets as far as possible. If you are buying any new appliance, make sure that it carries the energy star compliance logo.

You may replace the heavy voltage tungsten bulbs with the fluorescent ones. These bulbs cut off energy-consumption by over 50 per cent. Use of air-conditioners and fridges can be reduced or set at lower levels to further reduce the electricity consumption.