Inā hiki ke hoʻohālike i kāu kīʻaina me ka kukeʻana, a lailaʻo ke kīpuni kīpoko ka'ōlelo maʻamau i ka palaoa. ʻO ke kumuhana,ʻo ka "greenest" countertop ka mea i loaʻa iāʻoe; ʻo ia hoʻi, inā hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻomaikaʻi hou.
Inā hewa kāu kumuhana o kēia wā, e noʻonoʻo e hoʻonoe i kekahi o kēia kīʻaha hoʻokipa kai eʻe.
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Hoʻopiʻiʻiaʻo Glass Slab
Tim Abramowitz / E + / Getty Images Ma mua o ka pōhaku maoli , e ho'āʻo i nā pākeke ulaula hou.
ʻO nā'āpana momona a me nā pōhaku keʻokeʻo kekahi i waena o nā mea e makemake nuiʻia ana, akā,ʻo ka quarrying pōhaku e hoʻopau i nā waiwai o ka honua. Ua lilo ka pōhaku Engineered i mea kaulana no ka lawelaweʻana i kēia hiʻohiʻona hoʻonani, akā naʻe,ʻaʻole iʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hanaʻana i ka hana. Hiki i nā papa helu paku ke kaha keʻokeʻo inā e hoʻonui houʻia ka hōʻuluʻuluʻana, akāʻo kekahi eʻike i ka nānāʻana i keʻano.
ʻO ka paikino likeʻole paha he mea ia o nāʻano hou pōhaku, nā mea i hanaʻia mai nāʻano mea i hoʻouluhuaʻia mai ka lehu lele a hiki i nā hulu pua puaʻa a nānā nui i ka mea maoli
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Pepa pepa
Ma kahi o ka laminate, e ho'āʻo i nā pepa kuhi pepa.
Ua noho nā kānaka a pau i loko o ka hale a iʻole ka lumi noho me nāʻaoʻao pili puka Formica laminate . ʻAʻole pono kaʻilihune, akā, he pili ka piliʻana iā ia, a no ke kumu maikaʻi:ʻo ka resine i hoʻohanaʻia i loko o formaldehyde, hiki ke hoʻomehana i ka maikaʻi o ka ea ma kou home. Hiki i nā papa helu papa helu ke hāʻawi like i ka lōʻihi me kaʻole o nā meaʻaila icky. Ma muli o ka impregnating pepa kūʻai hou me ka mea liʻiliʻi me ka hapa liʻiliʻi o ka resin,ʻo ka hopena, he mea pale wai a wela.
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FSC Wood Wood, Bamboo, aiʻole i ke kuahiwi i hoʻopakeleʻia
Ma kahi o ka pale i ka pahu, e ho'āʻo i ka lāʻau FSC i hoʻopaʻaʻia , i nā mea lapuʻole o ka pahu, aiʻole hoʻi i nā kumulāʻau lāʻau hou.
ʻAʻole hiki ke'ōlelo i nā papa helu lāʻau e hoʻomehana a hoʻokipaʻia ka lumi kuke. He mea maʻalahi ia, akā, he mau makahiki a he mau makahiki e ulu i nā lāʻau ulu lāʻau nui a hiki i kaʻohiʻana. Inā hanaʻia kou mau helu mai ka lāʻau i hōʻoia e ka Council Stewardship Council (FSC), hiki iāʻoe ke hōʻoluʻoluʻaʻole ia he hua o ka weheʻana. E koho i nā wahie i nā'ōiwi o kāu'āina e kuaʻi i ka halihaliʻana.
ʻO ka pulu, he puna hou hou i hiki ke hoʻoulu hou, heʻano'ē aʻe ka pilina'ē aʻe, akā,ʻo keʻano o ka'āpana lāʻau'āmaʻu o nā mea a pau, ua kiʻi houʻia ka wahie. Hiki i nā lāʻau momona ke hāʻawi aku i kahi mele maikaʻi loa, a he meaʻinoʻole ka loaʻaʻana o kahi moʻolelo maikaʻi no nā malihini o kāuʻaha: "Ua laweʻia mai ka lāʻau mai kahiʻekalesia kahiko mai!"
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Hana houʻiaʻo Glass TileMa kahi o ka ceramic tile , e ho'āʻo i ka tile moemoeka e hana houʻia .
ʻO ka cele tile ka mea i kohoʻia no kaʻike kālā-nā kānaka mālama pono, akā, he'ōmaʻomaʻo wale nō inā i hanaʻia mai nā mea i hoʻolimalima houʻia, aʻo ia wale nō ka helu no nā hapaʻuʻuku. Hiki ke hanaʻia nā tileʻeleʻele mai kahi nui o ka hapenehana o nā mea i hana houʻia a hiki i ka 100% a ma hope o kaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hanaʻana i kaʻeleʻele ma mua o nā kāmeka, e hoʻonui ana i ka ikehu ma ka hana hana.
ʻO kēia mau'alele he mea kūpono, kūpono, aʻoluʻolu hoʻi-e loaʻa ana i nāʻano'eneka a me nā hōʻona kūʻokoʻa-i nā kāmera, kahi e maʻa ai ka pīpī a me ka paʻakikī. E hoʻomanaʻo i nā'ōleʻa aniani e hiki ke hoʻopiʻiʻia, a hana kekahi mau mea hana hana no ka hoʻohanaʻana iā lākou no nā pale kuʻi. I ka mea liʻiliʻi loa, hanaʻia nā tileʻeleʻele no nā pale hana maikaʻi.
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Mehana Alumina
Ma kahi o ka'ōpana kala, e ho'āʻo i ka alumini e hoʻohanaʻia.
Inā makemakeʻoe i kahi kīlaʻau hou loa a iʻole ka mea kūpono no ka mea hao, e hoʻokuʻu i ka'āpana alumini i ka mea ho'āʻo. E nānā i nā helu helu e pili ana i kahi 50-60% waiwai hoʻolālā. Hana ka mea hanaʻonika i ka nui o ka pollution, no laila,ʻo ka kohoʻana i ka aluminiʻenehana ka mea he kōpuni pili kaihopu.