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Below: Sangue de Boeuf and Light Olive Green paint colours from Pots of Paint
energy efficient than kettles, only heating as much as required and no need to keep topping up with cold water. Filter taps negate the need for plastic bottles cluttering up the recycling, while flow restrictors and aerators in regular taps work to cut water wastage.
Not so common but worth considering
are grey water systems. “Grey water technology and rainwater harvesting for use in washing machines, toilets and utility rooms is environmentally friendly but limited in its usage,” says Heap.
“Incorporating it into an existing house
could be quite tricky.” For new builds though it is more feasible and with dwindling water supplies and dry weather common across the country, perhaps it will be the subject of legislation in the future. All in all there are myriad steps designers can take to create an eco kitchen. While budgets may not always stretch to the cutting edge innovations of veritable eco homes, all houses can, should (and probably one day will) embrace the environmentally friendly ideal. designer
Above: ECO by Cosentino in White Diamond, made from 75 per cent recycled materials including glass, porcelain, stone waste and crystallised ashes bonded with resin
Below: ECO by Cosentino in Polar Cap
Completion
www.completion-group.com
Cosentino
www.ecobycosentino.com
Designer Kitchen
www.designer-kitchen.com
Fired Earth
www.firedearth.com
GlassEco
www.glasseco.co.uk
Mowlem & Co
www.mowlemandco.co.uk
Mark Wilkinson Furniture
www.mwf.com
Liebherr
www.myliebherr.co.uk
Pots of Paint
www.potsofpaint.com
PWS
www.pwsworksurfaces.co.uk
Ruth Bond Interior Design
www.ruthbond.co.uk
Stark Partnership
www.starkpartnership.com
Surface Tiles
www.surfacetiles.com
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