http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/03/23/water-and-business-inextricably-linked/ The Executive's Daily Green Briefing Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:35:28 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/03/23/water-and-business-inextricably-linked/comment-page-1/#comment-115228 Tricia Kuse, Johnson Controls Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:26:19 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=12236#comment-115228 Thanks for drawing attention to the linkage between energy and water. To some degree, energy concerns sometimes overshadow water, even though California just declared a water state of emergency and dozens of other U.S. states face severe water shortages within the next five years. More state and local governments need to follow the lead of Charleston, South Carolina and address both. We just completed installation of an irrigation system in Charleston parks, green spaces and in landscaping around municipal buildings that will cut water use by up to 40%. It combines satellite weather data with information about the vegetation, soil and slope to give the plants water when they need it, not when they don’t. Charleston is paying for the system with the money saved on water bills and energy efficiency updates to city buildings. The time has come for state and local governments, schools, colleges and universities, companies and organizations of all types to address both of their footprints: carbon and water! Thanks for drawing attention to the linkage between energy and water. To some degree, energy concerns sometimes overshadow water, even though California just declared a water state of emergency and dozens of other U.S. states face severe water shortages within the next five years. More state and local governments need to follow the lead of Charleston, South Carolina and address both. We just completed installation of an irrigation system in Charleston parks, green spaces and in landscaping around municipal buildings that will cut water use by up to 40%. It combines satellite weather data with information about the vegetation, soil and slope to give the plants water when they need it, not when they don’t. Charleston is paying for the system with the money saved on water bills and energy efficiency updates to city buildings. The time has come for state and local governments, schools, colleges and universities, companies and organizations of all types to address both of their footprints: carbon and water!

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