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The California Single-Family Home Water Use Efficiency Study
This article deals with a simple subject: how water is used in single-family homes in California. This topic has important consequences for the future of the state of California. The state’s official goal ...
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Which Toilets Deliver?
A new testing procedure gives researchers a valuable tool to evaluate the effectiveness of low-flow toilets. [continue reading]
Tucson Blooms with Less Water
Water is an increasingly precious resource that needs to be used more wisely, and there are energy penalties associated with heating and distributing water inefficiently (see “Are You ... [continue reading]
Water Saving Gadgets Make a Splash
The National Plumbing Standards passed by Congress in 1992 as part of the Energy Policy Act marked a turning point for U.S. manufacturers of toilets, faucets, and showerheads. [continue reading]
The Toilets Conservationists Like Best
The subject of consumer choice and toilet quality has become increasingly important since the Energy Policy Act (EPACT) set new national minimum-efficiency standards for water closets, showerheads, and faucets. [continue reading]
Water Heaters and Energy Conservation- Choices, Choices!
The most useful answers can be given if the questions tie into the broader context of getting the most from the whole water-heating system. [continue reading]
Composting Toilets: A Tankful of Conservation
Centralized composting toilet systems have individual toilets connected to a central tank, usually located outdoors or in a basement. [continue reading]
Remodeling Bathrooms Let the Energy Savings Flow
People remodel more than 5 million bathrooms every year in the United States. Sometimes this just means replacing lighting and plumbing fixtures. More extensive remodels involve building an addition or gutting and redesigning an existing bathroom. [continue reading]
Graywater An Option For Household Water Reuse
The use of graywater--recycled household water from showers, sinks, and clotheswashers--increased in California during the mid 1970s and again in the late 1980s and early 1990s. [continue reading]
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Is Energy Efficiency an American Value?
Energy efficiency is good for the economy, good for families, good for workers, and good for the environment.
