Water efficiency/ Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...wateruse in a home , so toilets that carry the EPAWaterSense®标签是一个很好的地方开始寻找。然后是单同花还是双同花的选择——这有点麻烦，但最终我们选择了单同花模型，因为当考虑到人性因素时，你并不总是保证……

...Waterplants with thewaterfrom dehumidifiers or leftoverwaterin drinking glasses if you can, and make sure your dishwasher and washing machine are full before you run them. If we simply look atwaterand see its true value, these won’t seem like big sacrifices to make. Rainwatercollection: Forwater荷兰国际集团(ing)的花园……

...water? Or indeed greywater! The term “graywater” refers to all domestic wastewater从水槽、淋浴器、浴缸和洗衣机排出的水。While graywatercan be reused,waterfrom kitchen sinks or dishwashers is generally not recycled as it contains substantial amounts of grease and organic matter. W...

...waterheater from AO Smith is an air-to-waterheat pump which extracts heat from the air to generate hotwater, so in the winter that 3 to 1 heating ratio of the first heat pump is transferred to thewaterheater. And the more 'free' heat you have in winter (solar gains and general occupancy) the more efficient it be...

...efficiencyin one package looks like. Drainwaterheat recovery Drainwaterheat recovery: Before entering yourwaterheater, the coldwaterfeed goes through thin copper pipes wrapped around the drain. Heat from the drainingwatertherefore warms the incomingwaterbefore it enters thewaterheater. This is an...

...waterheaters on the market, which, rather than heatingwaterwith an electric coil as a normal electric hotwatertank does, employ an evaporator to extract heat from the air (either interior or exterior) and use it to make hotwater. The byproduct of an air-to-waterheat pump after it extracts heat is cold air, so ...

...waterheat recovery Greywaterheat recovery drain pipe © Ecohome Greywaterheat recovery is a system that runs your hotwaterintake through thin copper pipes wrapped around your shower drain, so thewaterfeeding your hotwatertank is preheated by the hotwatergoing down the drain. The model shown above wi...

...watercatchment system If it is not for financial reasons, why are you installing awatertank? Here are some reasons: To do your part forwaterconservation; to be able towateryour garden with some independence fromwaterrestrictions; to use rainwaterfor laundry, showers and toilets; for increased wate...

...waterheaters , on demandwaterheaters and instantaneouswaterheaters are different names for the same thing - domestic hotwatersystems that do not include the storage tank that comes with traditionalwaterheaters. This type ofwater供暖系统在某些气候条件下是有利的，只要他们使用燃气。

...waterheaters, good or bad idea?Waterheaters are generally the biggest energy drain in a home after heating . so Air-to-waterheat pumpwaterheaters are potentially a big energy saver, particularly when the main heat source in a home is an air source heat pump, as thewater加热器可以有效地“借用”效果……

...waterand energy savings: "A conventional 10-minute shower generally consume around 95 liters ofwater. Thanks to the EcoVéa, this consumption can be reduced to only 32 liters, wich is an economy of 66%. An extended shower would only have a marginal impact on the extra amount ofwaternecessary, increasing the saving...