Remodel Green: Where to Begin
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Posted in: Appliances & Gadgets, Geothermal, Heating & Cooling, Solar, Video
Everyone is talking about greening their homes, but how do you begin. Green architects, builders and developers share remodeling tips with Bloomberg on Demand. Making your home more energy and water efficient is the best investment for your home. Bring green into your home and put green back into your wallet.
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How do I make my home more water efficient?
July 2nd, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Water efficiency is often neglected – especially by people who live in the Great Lakes Basin (home to 22% of the world’s freshwater supply). My favorite low hanging fruit for water efficiency is the new generation of high efficiency shower heads and toilets and WaterSense or Energy Star rated appliances. A high efficiency showerhead uses less than 1.8 gallons of water per minute. Most newer showerheads use 2.5 gpm. We use a Bricor 1.5 gpm model, the same as is used in Cesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. So, a family of 3 would save about 11,000 gallons of HOT water per year. Ideally, all homes would have gray water reuse systems and rainwater catchment systems. There’s some great posts if you search on “water” on the http://www.Greenovation.TV homepage.