We've scoured the Internet and leveraged our database to bring you fifteen important figures on water and energy use in the built environment. Enjoy!

1. 15
Powerful Facts On
Water And Energy Use
In Buildings

2. Brought to you by
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3. In celebration of
“Data Week”

4. 2.4%
N umber 1
Organizations benchmarking
consistently in Portfolio Manager have
achieved average energy savings of
2.4% per year (EnergyStar.Gov).
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5. N umber 2
Utility bills for the top 10% most efficient
multifamily units are eight times lower than
units in the bottom 10% (GreenTechMedia).

6. N umber 3
30
Percent
Of energy in
buildings is used
inefficiently or
unnecessarily
(EnergyStar.gov).

7. N umber 4
A running toilet can
waste up to
200
Gallons
Per Day
and at 1 drip per second,
a faucet can leak
3000
Gallons
Per Year
(water.epa.gov).

8. N umber 5
If the energy efficiency of commercial
and industrial buildings improved by
10%, the collected savings would be
20
Billion
Dollars
(EnergyStar.gov).

9. N umber 6
Buildings consume
39% 12%
of Energy
of Water
and produce
25% 10% 35%
of Landfill Waste
of Airborne Particulates
of Greenhouse Gases
(http://visual.ly/why-build-green).

10. N umber 7
If the 75% least efficient apartments
became as efficient as the top 25%,
multifamily buildings in California could
save 4,640 million gallons per month
4,683 Olympic Swimming Pools
17.4 minutes of flow from the
Mississippi into the Gulf of Mexico
10.3 Rose Bowls

11. 15
N umber 8
Percent
Consumer electronics and
computer equipment now
represent 15% of global
residential electricity
consumption. Energy used
by these devices is expected
to triple by 2030 unless
actions are taken to increase
energy efficiency (iea.org).

12. 50%
N umber 9
of today’s existing building stock will still be in
use in 2050. Available energy savings within this
building stock are estimated at 20% - 40%
.
(http://visual.ly/energy-efficiency-potential-usa)

13. N umber 1 0
19 %
Air conditioning accounts for 19% of household
electricity consumption, at an annual cost of
more than $11 billion to homeowners. Lighting
accounts for 9% and water heating accounts
for 13% (inhabit.com).

14. N umber 1 1
Water costs remain
nearly stationary
month-to-month in
the northeast but
make up a sizable
fraction of the
monthly bill – as much
as 40% of the median
bill in fall and early
summer
(data.wegowise.com).

15. N umber 1 2
14
Percent
Homes built between 2000
and 2005 used 14% less
energy per square foot than
homes built in the 1980s
and 40% less energy per
square foot than homes built
before 1950. However, larger
home sizes have offset these
efficiency improvements
(buildingsdatabook.com).

16. N umber 1 3
670
Gallons
The average American uses 670
gallons of water a day for electricity,
since power plants use water to cool
their systems (GOOD Infographics).

17. N umber 1 4
The capital required to unlock energy efficiency
in low-income residential buildings between
2009 and 2010 is approximately
$46
$80 Billion
Billion
and would provide a present value of
in savings. Almost a quarter of this energy
efficiency potential is in multifamily buildings
(www.db.com).

18. 45%
N umber 1 5
Space heating is the largest energy
expense in the average U.S. home,
accounting for about 45% of energy
bills (energy.gov).

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