- Faucet Aerators
- Attachment that mixes air into water stream
- Helps conserve water by using less
- Efficient Faucets
- High efficiency can save around 30% of water usage
- Showerheads
- Maintains pressure that one is accustomed to, while reducing water used
Water Efficiency
- Toilets
- Toilets made after 1994 are required to use less than 1.6 gallons per flush
- Some older models can use up to 7 gallons per flush
- Upgrading a toilet can save water usage and money
- High-Efficiency Washer
- Uses 33% less water annually, roughly 2000 gallons of water
- Uses 25% less energy
Contact Us
Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainability and Energy325 Montgomery Hall
DeKalb, IL 60115
Phone: 815-753-6563
Fax: 815-753-2902
Email: envs@niu.edu