Save electricity, save the earth
Water uses energy.
1. In 2010, Fine Homebuilding reported: “Running cold water for five minutes consumes as much energy as a 60kw lightbulb does in 14 hours.”
2. The magazine goes on to say, “It also requires energy to treat the water afterward. Nationally it takes an average of 0.0033 kWh of electricity to supply and treat each gallon.”
2. Currently, about eight percent of U.S. energy demand goes to treating, pumping, and heating water. That is equal to enough electricity to power more than 5 million homes for an entire year.
3. The EPA reports that water heating alone accounts for 19 percent of home energy use and 13 percent of the average utility bill. Install WaterSense fixtures, follow conservation strategies and use less hot water.
4. The EPA also reports that $4 billion is spent annually in the US for energy to run drinking water and wastewater utilities. This represents an enormous amount of waste and a tremendous savings opportunity from conservation.
Save water. Save electricity. Save money for you and your community.
