Business Strategies
Conserving Water in the Workplace
Some of the same problems homes face with water inefficiencies also apply to businesses. Conserving water isn’t just a way to elevate your company’s image – it also reduces overhead costs.
Outdoor Water Saving Strategies
Too often, businesses do not realize that one of the biggest water wastes occurs with irrigation and outdoor water use. Contributing factors include: overwatering, inefficient watering practices, and broken or poorly maintained irrigation systems. When properly managed and maintained, outdoor landscaping and irrigation can be water efficient.
Does your landscaping system use a WaterSense-labeled SMART controller?
Using a SMART controller rather than traditional clock times can save an average of 7,600 gallons of water annually. These controllers can work for facilities such as schools, office buildings, hotels, and parks.
Is your parking lot landscaping wasting money and water?
Parking lots can be designed to capture rainwater, such as this bioswale. Almost 80% of the water runoff from this parking lot ends up in the catchment area, where pollution is filtered by native or adaptive plants before it infiltrates the soil.
Work to become LEED-Certified
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a green building rating system that provides a framework for designing buildings that consume less water and electricity. In addition to reducing utility costs, LEED certification is a globally recognized symbol of sustainability.
