Innovations in Water-Efficient Landscaping and Indoor Water-Use

Jacob Atalla, KB Home

1) Efficiency as a resource – quantifying the savings that new homes are achieving

2) Emerging technologies – efficiency multipliers!

Efficiency As a Resource – Moving the Needle

10,000 Water Certified Homes 250,000 WaterSense Fixtures Installed

Conserving 3 mil. gallons of water each day

Equivalent to the water in 4.5 Olympic swimming pools

Simple But Effective Water Efficiency Signage

Even Greater Savings Outdoors

Emerging Technologies – Indoors & Outdoors

Total Potable Water Used Per Day – Family of 4 New Homes

10 Year Old Home

Code Fixtures, Spray

Irrigation

WaterSense, Microspray/Dr

ip

WaterSense,Microspray/

Drip,+ Recycling

150 gpc

45 gpc

75 gpc

120 gallons per capita daily