Tag: water conservation

  • Water Conservation and Sustainability Simplified

    Innovative outdoor faucets offer freeze and leak protection. When buyers search for a new home, they’re looking for more than beauty – although that’s always an enticing aspect of finding the right new home. Today’s savvy buyers of all genera…

  • The Water Efficiency Rating Score (WERS)

    Prime:  prime Subtitle:  The Green Builder Coalition’s new tool is ready Images:  The Green Builder Coalition has been working hard on their Water Efficiency Rating Score — the WERS — for homes. The inaugural WERS training happened in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in March. I was in that class, and I learned a lot. The program…

  • New Mexico Develops Innovative Water Efficiency Rating Score

    Prime:  prime Subtitle:  Like a HERS rating, the WERS rating will be scored on a 0 to 100 scale Images:&nbsp…

  • A New Water Saving Showerhead

    Making a home water efficient often comes down to they type of showerheads that are installed. To combat water waste when showering, a California-based company has come up with an innovative showerhead called Eva. This is a Bluetooth-connected showerhead, which works with any sized shower attachment, and the makers say it has the capability of…

  • Will Congress Act to Prevent Mega-Drought in Colorado River Basin?

    “We need to make sure the Colorado River Basin Study is used to combat this imbalance and potential mega-drought–we can hope and pray for rain, but we need to plan for a worst-case scenario that supplies water and protects the river in the 21st Century.”