WaterSense Labeled New Homes Make Sense

[Dover]

Posted June 1, 2010 3:47 PM by Peter Yost

EPA's new specification for water-efficient homes works well for all sorts of builders and even remodelers

Although EPA's criteria for WaterSense labeled new homes were only recently released, custom and production builders from Georgia to Arizona, from Montana to Hawaii, are signing up. With typical overall water savings of more than 20 percent compared to other homes, WaterSense homes are just that--sensible.

A custom builder (and remodeler) perspective

"Water is the next big issue," says Bill Christopher, Secretary/Treasurer of ILM Design and Build, Inc in Wilmington, North Carolina. "While the energy issue is sucking the air out of the room--and there is nothing really wrong with that--we should be paying just as much attention to water."

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[leftofcool]

1. Now, if you can just get the builders to stop using

Chinese drywall, polubutylene pipes and other poisonous junk, we "really" can go green in our building of homes.