5 Sustainable & Money-Saving Home Improvement Ideas For 2024

We’ve said goodbye to 2023 and all eyes have turned to the New Year. And what better way to kick 2024 off with a bang than with some incredible home improvement projects geared to saving on the bills and maximising the sustainability of your house? We’ve put together a list of our top 5 amazing home improvement ideas for you to consider for you to think about making use of in 2024.
Underfloor Heating
Heading up our list of home improvement ideas for you to consider investing in in 2024, underfloor heating makes for an incredible option for anybody looking to give the sustainability of their home a boost while cutting costs on the heating bill. Working in a similar fashion to a conventional radiator system, underfloor heating distributes heated water through a network of pipes underneath your flooring, warming up your home from the ground level.
This system has two key advantages over the way that traditional radiator heating systems work, which work in tandem to make underfloor heating one of the best home improvement ideas that you can implement.
Firstly, the water distributed around the system isn’t heated to as high a temperature, which means that you’ll be cutting down significantly on your heating costs while simultaneously reducing the amount of energy your home consumes in order to generate this heat – which is where you get your sustainability from.
Furthermore, the fact that your heat is coming from the entirety of the floor in a given room rather than localised spots on the walls means that your heating will be spread completely evenly throughout that room. The benefit of this is particularly felt in large rooms where radiators will struggle to completely heat the whole area.
Air to Water Heat Pump System
Pairing perfectly with an underfloor heating system, air to water heat pumps are another of our ideal home improvement ideas for a homeowner with sustainability in mind. Underfloor heating may be one of the best ways for you to distribute heated water around your home, but what about generating that heated water in the first place?
That’s where air to water heat pump technology comes in. By drawing in existing heat energy in the air from outdoors, this system is able to efficiently extract and distribute this energy around your wet central heating system. The reason that this pairs so well with underfloor heating is due to the fact that the generated heat is slightly lower than that of a conventional gas or oil boiler – which perfectly suits the lower operating temperature of underfloor heating.
Smart Control System
Modernising your control over your home with your own smart control system is another of our fantastic home improvement ideas for you to explore this year, with a variety of options for you to choose from to best suit your style and needs. A smart control system will allow you complete control over your home heating system from anywhere through our smartphone app available on Apple or Android devices if paired with neoHub.
By placing thermostatic controls in each room our smart control systems give you full customisability and control over your heating, allowing you to independently control the temperature in each of your rooms to your liking. This allows you to adjust temperature according to the preferences of the room’s occupant or lower it if a room is not in use to save on heating costs. For that reason, we’ve included smart control systems on our list of the best home improvements to consider for 2024.
Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery
MVHR, or Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery, is a fantastic system for keeping heat within your home rather than wastefully allowing it to escape, and more than earns its place on the list of home improvement ideas to consider for 2024.
By making use of a heat exchanger system and a network of ducting, MVHR is able to extract heat energy from the air that would be expelled from your home into the atmosphere and transfer it to fresh air being drawn in – allowing to have the best of both worlds by exchanging stale air for fresh while keeping the heat at the same time. Recycling this heat is not only a great bill-saver but also a significant sustainability boost, and is well worth considering as one of the top home improvement ideas that you can implement this year.
Energy Efficient Aluminium Radiators
Aluminium radiators make for great heat sources, with plenty of sustainability benefits available and faster heating than normal steel radiators. Let’s have a look at why aluminium radiators are well worth considering as one of the best home improvement ideas to look into in 2024.
The main factor to consider when comparing aluminium and steel radiators is the amazing benefits of aluminium as a material. Aluminium is an incredible conductor of heat energy, heating up and cooling down much faster than steel. This allows you to have much more control over your heating, with significantly faster responses to your temperature changes. You’ll also find that due to the increased heat conduction, it takes much less time and therefore less energy to heat up an aluminium radiator, giving it an edge in sustainability as well.
Aluminium radiators pair excellently with underfloor heating systems – with underfloor heating handling large rooms while aluminium radiators heat up the smaller ones. It’s well worth looking at incorporating both when overhauling your heating.
So there you have it – our top 5 amazing home improvement ideas for 2024. We can’t wait to see what kinds of home improvements you are all going to be undertaking this year. If you feel like you require further assistance, don’t hesitate to get in touch within our awesome team at Pipelife Eco for expert advice today!