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Green Talk Radio: Increasing Water Efficiency with EPA WaterSense Program

Sean Daily — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:00:11 +0000

GreenTalk Radio host Sean Daily talks to Stephanie Thornton of the EPA about their WaterSense program. Much like the EnergyStar program, WaterSense seeks to help Americans to save water and protect the environment by creating product efficiency standards that manufacturers must meet in order to receive the WaterSense certification label on their products.

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Flash Creators Draw Up ‘Greenbox’ Energy Management Tool

Adam Williams — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:20:30 +0000

Greenbox is working on giving us web-based tools to evaluate our energy usage in the home, and to understand that usage in greater context with those around us, too. Users can also use that information to pinpoint savings opportunities and to understand our footprints on the planet.

Greenbox offers this food for thought:

“If 30% of us reduced our electricity usage by 20%, we would save over $8 billion per year on our energy bills, reduce emissions by 105 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year and avoid $10 billion in construction of new power plants. This is the equivalent of 35 coal fired power plants operating 24 hours per day.

To find out about Greenbox in your area, click here.

Source: Triplepundit.com and Greenbox

UK Outlines Aggressive Plan to Cut Water Use 20% by 2030

Timothy B. Hurst — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:33:58 +0000

Metering, tariffs, efficiency, and technology at center of new plan

Environment Minsters in the United Kingdom want households to cut their water consumption 20 percent by 2030. The announcement comes as the UK Environment Agency prepares to release its study on water resource management, which looks at how the industry should coordinate resources in the face of climate change, rising energy prices, and growing demand.

Hilary Benn, the environment secretary, aims to cut use by 30 liters (8 gal.) a day per person by 2030, according to a report in The Times. Benn says the current daily consumption of 150 liters (40 gal.) is unsustainable and needs to be slashed. As a point of comparison, the USGS estimates that average daily water consumption in the U.S. is somewhere between 80-100 gallons per capita.

>>More on water at EcoWorldly

‘Wash Up’ Saves Water — And Utility Room Space

Adam Williams — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:44:55 +0000

The “Wash Up” is a conceptual design that overlaps water needs. After clothes are washed, the water is held in a reservoir for use in the toilet, reducing water usage. It also is a space-saver in smaller living conditions.

Source: TechEBlog and GadgetLite