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R A T I N G S Y S T E M S

H E R S ( H o m e E n e r g y R a t i n g S y s t e m ) i s a t o o lf o r m e a s u r i n g t h e e n e r g y p e r f o r m a n c e o f a h o m e ,

h o w e n e r g y e f f i c i e n t a h o m e w i l l b e .

This may be fami l iar to those who have bui l tor bought a new home in the Ci ty of Santa Fe

over the l a s t few years .

Anyway , energy performance i s not the only wayto quant i fy a home ' s e f f i c iency .

Water e f f i c iency , a s we a l l know,i s a l l too important in th i s era of ever

growing scarc i ty of water resources .

G O I N G F R O M H E R S T O W E R S :

Santa Fe i s known as one of the mostwater e f f i c ient c i t ie s in the country .

I t would make sense tha t the Ci ty Di f ferent wouldspawn a Water Ef f i c iency Rat ing Sys tem or WERS!

Wel l , in fac t we have !The launch of a new WERS too l i s imminent .

I t was made poss ib le by the combined e f for t s o fwater e f f i c iency exper t s f rom the Santa Fe AreaHome Bui lder ' s Assoc ia t ion (SFAHBA) , Santa Fe

Communi ty Col lege and others f rom The Foundat ionfor Bui ld ing and Green Bui ld ing Coa l i t ion .

* Ca lcu la tes typica l water consumpt ion f rom var iousp lumbing f ix tures based on the ' ga l lons per minute '

or ' ga l lons per f lush ' ra t ing of such f ix tures ,and the household occupancy leve l .

D E V E L O P I N G T H E W E R S T O O L :

* I t i s a per formance based method that a l lows youto pr ior i t i ze which f ix tures are bes t su i ted

for your persona l needs/des i res whi le a s sur ingovera l l water use reduct ion i s a t ta ined .

* Encourages the use of both ra inwaterand grey water a s a source for

both outdoor i r r iga t ion and INDOOR use(wi th proper protoco l s for hea l th and sa fe ty ) .

C u r i o u s a b o u t t h i s H E R S a n d W E R S i n S a n t a F e ?C a l l P a l o S a n t o D e s i g n s :

5 0 5 - 9 8 8 - 7 2 3 0 .