Shower with a Friend

摘要

For most canadians, energy efficiency is synonymous with light bulbs. Switching to compact fluorescents might be simple and inexpensive, but it is not the only cost-effective way to reduce energy use in homes, businesses and utilities. Reducing water use, especially the hot stuff that flows from showers and cleans our clothes, also cuts the amount of energy we consume in myriad ways.rnTo bring water from its source to your tap and back again, it must be pumped, treated and oftentimes heated before it's used, only to be pumped and treated all over again before being released back into the environment. In fact, according to Ontario Municipalities: An Electricity Profile, a 2008 report prepared by Power Application Group Inc., water and wastewater services are consistently the single largest account on municipal energy bills. Unless we do more to protect our fresh water, treatment costs will rise as more complex technology is required to handle more and more contamination.