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Another way to save energy is to think about the way our buildings are designed in order to make them more energy efficient. Before we knew about the effects using energy was having on our climate, not a lot of thought was given to how the design of our houses and buildings could be made to be more energy efficient. This is changing and we are starting to see more and more buildings that are designed to be energy efficient.
Most new houses are double glazed and have good insulation; however there are steps that we can take to make our houses even more energy efficient. In fact in the future it should be possible to build houses that have little or no energy emissions and use totally renewable energy to power them. There is more information on renewable energy in the energy section.
You can build an virtual energy efficient house in the 'Build A House' game.
