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First WaterSense labeled new home - Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Vanguard Homes, one of seven builders
participating in the WaterSense New Homes pilot program, has completed
the first new home to meet EPA's draft new homes criteria for
water efficiency and performance. The home, located in Chapel Hill,
North Carolina, features WaterSense labeled
toilets and faucets and ENERGY
STAR labeled appliances inside, as well as water-efficient landscaping
outdoors.
WaterSense released a draft
labeling specification for water-efficient,
single-family new homes in May 2008; while EPA is finalizing
the specification, a select group of pilot builders from around
the country agreed to build new homes to the draft
specification.
Vanguard Homes is the first builder to complete construction of
a home meeting the draft specification, only months after the pilot's
official launch in August 2008. This home, and others built to the
WaterSense draft specification, will use 20 percent less water than
conventional new homes.
In addition to demonstrating the benefits of WaterSense labeled
products, the builders are helping EPA test the process for inspecting
and certifying new homes to receive the WaterSense label. EPA expects
builders to complete homes to the draft specification and report
on the results of the WaterSense New Homes pilot program in early 2009. Results will shape the final WaterSense New Homes program.
Once the specification is finalized, builders across the country
will be able to earn the WaterSense label for new homes certified
to the specification. Homeowners who purchase a WaterSense labeled
new home can save more than 10,000 gallons of water per year, as
well as realize significant energy and financial savings due to
the reduced amount of hot water used. Residential water use accounts
for more than half of publicly supplied water in the United States.
Edited by Carolyn Allen, Managing Editor of Solutions For Green
Publication Date:
1/9/2009
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