Proposed DOE Shower Action Goes Too Far
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing a new interpretation of the term “showerhead” in the DOE’s regulations related to the energy conservation program for consumer products. The proposal...
View ArticleNY Times Energy/Water Story
A recent article in the New York Times examines at the often overlooked connection between water use and energy use. Water collection, treatment, distribution, and usage accounts for approximately 13%...
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Alexandra Cousteau and Mandy Moore take a stand with American Standard high...
Alexandra Cousteau and Mandy Moore at World Water day in Washington D.C.Alexandra Cousteau and Mandy Moore take a stand, with American Standard high efficiency toilets, for global safe drinking water...
View ArticleSaving Water In Buildings
About 25% of our water use nationwide comes from our buildings, which is good, because it’s an area where we have more control than, say agriculture. We can do a lot quickly and for not a lot of money...
View ArticleWaterSense® Makes Cents
WaterSense and its partners across the country helped Americans save 9.3 billion gallons of water and 1 billion kilowatt hours through use of WaterSense labeled products in 2008, the most recent...
View ArticleThe Water/Energy Nexus
It takes a lot of power to move water. According to the EPA, the energy required supplying drinking water and process waste uses the same amount of electricity as 5 million homes for an entire year....
View ArticleAre Multi-Spray Showers Sustainable?
Some people call them a great form of relaxation. Others call them a “human car wash.” Does a multi-outlet shower system have a place in the Responsible Bathroom? The answer is a qualified yes. As with...
View ArticleCash For Flushers?
With average monthly costs for water at about $15 to $20 a month, water conservation has a hard time getting attention compared to average heating and cooling costs.The price of water is going to go...
View ArticleIs Your Faucet Foiling Your Conservation Plans?
Dripping faucets can waste around 20 gallons of water a day. Do you know how to plug the leaks?Repair or replace dripping faucets. If your faucet is dripping at a rate of one drop per second, you can...
View ArticleIs Your Toilet Tampering With Your Conservation Efforts?
The toilet is one of the largest water wasters in the home. By following a few easy safeguards, you can dramatically decrease the water guzzling habit of the average family toilet.Plug the leaks. A...
View ArticleThe Bathroom: A Success Story
Who says government and industry can’t come together for resource management? They have been doing it in the bathroom for about 50 years.Starting with toilets that flushed a torrent of seven gallons...
View ArticleConservation Benefits
Environmental Benefits: Water efficiency helps maintain the health of aquatic environments and protects drinking water resources by reducing the need to withdraw ground or surface water supplies for...
View ArticleConservation By The Numbers
Americans use trillions of gallons of water each year. But, through education and awareness, this amount could be reduced dramatically. Here’s a look at the numbers associated with water and water...
View ArticleA Bluer Home
Americans, on average, each use 100 gallons of water a day. Along with saving water in the bathroom, we can save water washing our clothes, dishes and driveways. Here are some facts about home water...
View ArticleA Bluer Bathroom
In the bathroom, water is an intimate part of our daily routine. After we rise from bed and before we tuck in, water rinses our faces, wets our mouths and lends trickling comfort to our day. Between...
View ArticleOur Blue Planet
Seen from another world – let’s say Saturn – the earth appears as a little, blue dot. We live on this dot – so does everything and everyone we know and love. More than 70% of our world’s surface is...
View Article"We're For Water" Conservation Tour Wrapping up in New Jersey
The EPA's "We're For Water" cross-country tour will wrap up on August 2nd in Chatham Township, NJ, where two local families will compete to see which household can conserve the most water in a week's...
View Article10 Big American Cities, Running Out of Water
Most people are now used to hearing messages about how important it is to conserve water. Few realize just how critical this is. As a recent sobering article points out, many US cities will need to...
View ArticleHousehold Leak Detection Workshop Held for "Fix a Leak Week"
American Standard Brands recently co-sponsored a free residential leak detection and plumbing workshop in Marietta, Ga. to help mark Fix-a-Leak Week, a project of the Environmental Protection Agency's...
View ArticleClean Drinking Water: Drastic Steps in Drought-Stricken Texas
Sad news from Western Texas, where the local water supply has become so depleted that local authorities have ordered the construction of a new $13 million water reclamation facility that will will...
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