http://www.greenovationtv.com/2009/04/206/ Free on-demand videos and information to help green every home in America Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:05:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.greenovationtv.com/2009/04/206/comment-page-1/#comment-521 Matt Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:03:57 +0000 http://gtv.webmitten.com/?p=206#comment-521 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 www.Greenovation.TV homepage. 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.

]]> http://www.greenovationtv.com/2009/04/206/comment-page-1/#comment-520 Cheryl White Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:56:44 +0000 http://gtv.webmitten.com/?p=206#comment-520 How do I make my home more water efficient? How do I make my home more water efficient?

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